# AI Power Wars | Emad Mostaque

*Author: David Hoffman*
*Published: Apr 3, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/early-access-emad-mostaque*

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Today on the show, we have the founder of Stability AI, Emad Mostaque.

Emad recently left his company citing “You can’t beat centralized AI with more centralized AI” and decided to venture into the frontier of decentralized AI.

We touch on the economical consequences of AI, why it needs to be open-source and distributed and the role of Crypto in decentralizing AI.

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## TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

2:38 Navigating AI & Web3

8:04 AI Governance

15:14 Decentralizing AI

24:06 Balancing Coordination

31:04 Decentralized AI Infrastructure

37:21 Emad’s Projects

44:07 Decentralization Trade-Offs

54:20 Governance Structure

58:18 AI Regulation

1:02:03 Custom AI Models

1:07:48 AI Economical Consequences

1:12:39 AI x Crypto

1:16:14 Closing Thoughts

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## RESOURCES

Emad Mostaque

https://twitter.com/EMostaque
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