# Decentralized AI: Beneficial Scenarios – San Francisco 2025

- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2025-10-07
- Duration: 27:26
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-hkhYflpxHb4
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkhYflpxHb4

## Description

Decentralized AI: Beneficial Scenarios: What are the trade-offs between centralized and decentralized approaches to AI development—and what futures do they make possible? In this wide-ranging conversation, panelists discuss everything from security risks and red-teaming to open-source infrastructure, pedagogical applications, and the sociopolitical implications of AI control. 

Speakers: Christine Peterson (Foresight Institute), Mark Miller (Agoric), Max Langenkamp (SecureDNA), Abhinav Singh (Normalyze), and Allison Duettmann (Foresight Institute)

This session was part of the 12th edition of Funding the Commons, held March 15–16, 2025, at the Internet Archive in San Francisco.

Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io