I have been looking into how AI projects are funding developers. And out of the 29 programs I checked, only 10 give grants.
Out of the 29 programs I checked, only 10 give grants. The rest give credits, compute or hackathon prizes.
And out of those 10, 7 are crypto foundations.
Put together an index here: https://t.co/ZHlXyUFsD9
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This would be interesting if it actually works.
His idea: use AI to reverse-engineer the products we use every day, build free, open-source alternatives, and cut into those companies’ revenue.
But two problems I foresee:
1. AI might make building these alternatives easier, but who pays to maintain the open source software?
2. Coordination. How do you get millions of people to trust a free alternative and switch to it?
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