Good intentions often leads to bad outcomes and I think that's where Open AI is headed. Microsoft shouldn't have own a large chunk of that organization. I'm not sure if the code will be left open source forever. New progress that's been made by the team might not be open source in the future.
Centralized entities have a knack for unilaterally getting things done but the tradeoff is always in its centralized structure. That's where the merits of decentralized structures come in. However, I think a decentralized structure doesn't always need a decentralized team in a sense that a centralized entity could be build on a decentralized structure and it will 'work' fine. In my opinion, having a decentralized base structure is the most important thing.
That's an interesting take. Centralised teams building on a decentralised foundation. I suppose we are seeing this all around the crypto space these days.
How do you see this centralised being formed? I mean, is it ok for such centralised leadership to consist of individuals that get into and keep such positions without being subject to some community governance?
Not really. That will not be okay. An analogy could be renting an apartment/condo in a building. Yes, you can do whatever you want inside your condo but you're still subject to the rules of the building.
Then I misinterpreted your wording regarding 'decentralised base'. Actually, this is what Fractally and EdenOS are experimenting with. Read a bit more about those two yesterday evening and understand slightly more what they are trying. Kinda what I thought already when I wrote the post, but since yesterday having a bit more information about it. As we know from Dan Larimer, he believes in a community in combination with a governance structure that is as democratic as possible, but at the same time, he (like I) understands that abuse and misuse shall be prevented. A setup in a trustless system is mighty difficult. Hence I start to like more and more the EdenOS setup (in combination with Fractally). Not saying that is the holy grail at all, just that they are trying to evolve what Dan learned from the projects he was involved in previously.
Yes, I've heard about fractally before but haven't dive deeper on what it is about. That's very true. There is really no one way to go about things. We can explore the concept of decentralization in different angles. Dan has a knack of bringing a fresh perspective to the discussion. It's always inspiring to read his posts.
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