Company Founders

"The ASI Alliance is an unusual merger where different organisations like Singularity, Fetch, Ocean, and Cudos remain distinct but merged their tokens into one, now called the ASI token for artificial super intelligence."

"We’re not the only ones to think about decentralised AI — projects like Fetch.ai and Ocean Protocol were also exploring these concepts in 2017-18."

"The ASI chain, launching later this summer, is the first layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for decentralised AGI, with the smart contract language Meta, the same AGI programming language we've developed."

"Blockchain is the best technology we have today for coordinating a large global network of machines without a central owner or controller."

"We’re building a decentralised AI infrastructure where AI systems are deployed across different nodes, communicating with each other, running on a constellation of machines that can be owned and controlled by different people."

"In 2017, we launched the AGI token, and since then we’ve been building out decentralised AI infrastructure in parallel with developing concrete AGI systems like Hyperon."

"By having different shards of the ASI chain dedicated to different types of AI — from decentralised finance to training neural models — we can tailor the infrastructure for specific AI tasks."

""There's still this one big heroic task for humans to come together and cooperate in building AGI, but now is the time to do it. We're at a very interesting time for AI developers to jump in... within a couple of months the super fast version is going to be dealing with practical problems”"

"An LLM is pretty general in what it can do, but it's not able to make creative and imaginative leaps beyond its preparation in the way that a person can."

"With our team at ASI alliance... we are the biggest AGI effort outside of big tech, exploring a broader variety of AI algorithms and cognitive algorithms."

"The human-level AGI barrier is arbitrary, more like the escape velocity of Earth... it's just a milestone in AGI's progression as they get smarter."

"The generality of intelligence is a gradation, not a binary distinction... even the smartest reasoning LLMs don't have a level of generality that a human does."

"If you train a neural net using evolutionary learning or predictive coding, you can get non-entangled representations that make it easier for the AI to introspect and understand its own actions."

"Open-source and decentralised communities have an advantage when it comes to security, as more people look at bugs and integrate security mechanisms, similar to how Linux works."

"“I think it's entirely possible that a decentralized AI project can cobble together the data and compute power to make something smarter than anything big tech has done in the AI space leveling leveraging intellectual effort from people all all over the planet right and indeed that's what we're trying to do in SingularityNET and in the ASI alliance”"

""If you're looking at the growth of a decentralised global brain... the best chance to get the first AGI to be beneficial to our species is if the AI has its value system infused by a great variety and diversity of human perspectives.”"

"I think the internet is still open and hasn't been taken over, which is instructive as the power of decentralised protocols regarding AI."

"The way people deal with LLM security is to try to bolt on security after the LLM is done, but we built security into the architecture of the LLM itself."

"“Because I think the latter is the way that we get to a beneficial AGI. The way we get to an AGI is to go through human beings, and that respects the rights and the beauty and the welfare of other sentient beings.”"

"” New ethical systems will emerge, based on principles including the spread of joy, growth and freedom through the universe, as well as new principles we cannot yet imagine.”"

"The fact that SciHub and Liben Bit Torrent are there indicates that the takeover of the internet by a few big governments and big tech companies is not actually complete."

"Generative AI network with security baked into the underlying architecture and training mechanism, which is a different approach from the norm."

"SingularityNET is somewhat unsexily described as a middleware layer between the hardware and AI systems, aiming to provide an alternative to deploying AI algorithms on centralised clouds like AWS or Azure."

"“I am actively working to bring BGI about, sooner rather than later. And I think you probably should be too.”"

"“We will develop interoperable synthetic realities (virtual worlds) able to support sentience. Some uploads will choose to live in virtual worlds. The divide between physical and synthetic realities will blur, then disappear.”"

"We will spread to the stars and roam the universe. We will meet and merge with other species out there. We may roam to other dimensions of existence as well, beyond the ones of which we're currently aware.”"

"“We will develop spacetime engineering and scientific "future magic" much beyond our current understanding and imagination.”"

"Humans will merge with technology, to a rapidly increasing extent. This is a new phase of the evolution of our species, just picking up speed about now. The divide between natural and artificial will blur, then disappear. Some of us will continue to be humans, but with a radically expanded and always growing range of available options, and radically increased diversity and complexity. Others will grow into new forms of intelligence far beyond the human domain.”"

"We will develop sentient AI and mind uploading technology. Mind uploading technology will permit an indefinite lifespan to those who choose to leave biology behind and upload. Some uploaded humans will choose to merge with each other and with AIs. This will require reformulations of current notions of self, but we will be able to cope.”"

"“Spacetime engineering and future magic will permit achieving, by scientific means, most of the promises of religions -- and many amazing things that no human religion ever dreamed of. Eventually we will be able to resurrect the dead by "copying them to the future"."

"” Intelligent life will become the main factor in the evolution of the cosmos, and steer it toward an intended path.”"

"“All these changes will fundamentally improve the subjective and social experience of humans and our creations and successors, leading to states of individual and shared awareness possessing depth, breadth and wonder far beyond that accessible to “legacy humans.”"

"“Radical technological advances will reduce material scarcity drastically, so that abundances of wealth, growth and experience will be available to all minds who so desire. New systems of self-regulation will emerge to mitigate the possibility of mind-creation running amok and exhausting the ample resources of the cosmos. “"

"“The core challenge we face today is to guide the development of advanced AGI in a beneficial direction — beneficial for humans and also for other sentient beings, including the animals and plants on the planet today and the new life-forms that will emerge in the AGI era.”"

"“The economic and value of increasingly powerful — and increasingly generally intelligent — AI has become clear both to major socioeconomic actors and to everyday people.”"

"Your time is to take advantage of the opportunity. You can fix something that’s wrong, but you can’t go back to a moment that you couldn’t take advantage of"

"Design themes for workshops are based on inspirations that come from art, architecture, colors, interior design and places that are translate into floral design. For example, the class titled Renaissance in Bloom is inspired by still life and floral paintings during the Renaissance period. The Peony No 5 class is a Chanel perfume-inspired peony arrangement class and The Parker is Mid-Century Modern meets Palm Spring design that parlays into flowers. Whatever the genre, all designs have a fresh, modern take."

"My process begins with the imagination, then to sketches and renderings. After designs are complete, I’ll often test the idea, especially if it’s a new concept I’ve never tried before. The mechanics behind design can make or break an installation, especially given the tight timelines we’re often under. After testing is completed, each component of the project is broken down in order to know what we need to make it happen. And piece by piece, it comes together."

"There’s nothing I won’t do. Literally, I still cold-call people. I called Lee Daniels the other day — I didn’t know him, I don’t know him. I said ‘hey, I don’t know if there are any productions, but I just want to kind of sit on your set’… I try to know every facet of what someone is doing so I can at least speak to it. Humility is key if you really want to know what you’re doing. I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure that I immerse myself in the process because it’s really immersive. And I think you don’t know what situation you can learn from, but I’m going back to that place in my life of trying to figure it out. Basically, I don’t know what I’m doing is what I’m saying"

"I do feel like I’d rather be doing the wrong something than nothing"

"The Tokyo flower market is spectacular with floral varieties in every imaginable color. It was magic."

"I’m casual in the way I like to entertain at home while I love creating an inviting atmosphere for friends to be in; flowers, candles, music and good food. It’s fun and when imperfections come up, I don’t stress – there’s so much else to focus on and enjoy."

"One of my first clients was the late, Jerry Perenchio. He had a special appreciation for flowers and through referrals, I was introduced to circles of other high-profile clients, helping me to become one of the best florists."

"My beginning question is always, what will complement the environment yet be unexpected? From here, creative ideas come easy. Inspiration is everywhere.”"

"In our journey, we’ve fine-tuned our technology over the past few years through collaboration with linguists and collective intelligence. This involves gathering people who truly speak the language to ensure contextual correctness. While Google and similar systems may provide 100% translations, captions, and speech recognition, our focus is on contextual accuracy, currently at 85%, with ongoing efforts to enhance it further. Our commitment extends to supporting generative AI, empowering individuals to create content in their local language."

"Sustainability for us is in two ways — sustainability is being able to create a self-sustaining company and one that can create jobs which is why we don’t run after every time of investment so we can create a sustainable company."

"Recognising that the Nigerian Gender Gap is the most significant dimension of exclusion, achieving social inclusion necessitates gender inclusion. Overcoming barriers to the freedoms of girls, young women, and women requires more than traditional policy tools and approaches; it calls for deep social reengineering led by gender-intelligent and competent organisations."

"It is imperative to implement peace-building mechanisms that address the root causes of communal conflicts and geopolitical discontent, paving the way for sustainable peace and shared prosperity."

"By building a cohesive society where every individual feels valued and has a stake in the nation’s development, Nigeria can foster an environment of inclusivity, leading to sustainable peace and shared prosperity for all."

"”Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in 2022 revealed that approximately 62.9% of the population live in multidimensional poverty, threatening the development of a vibrant middle class."