Decentralizing the Web: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Today's AI centralizes power and influence in the hands of a few. Federated approaches to training AIs--and other ideas--might be healthier.

Hi everyone,

I stumbled upon federated learning—technically, not a new idea, but not hugely discussed—when ruminating on how we might decentralize the web. To date, “decentralizing the web” has been hijacked by the cryptocurrency and blockchain crowd, and while there are some bright spots in that tangle of voices and incentives, fresh ideas about breakin…