Ala Shaabana is the cofounder of Bittensor, an open-source protocol that powers a decentralized machine learning network. He has a PhD in computer science and has previously held roles at Instacart and VMware.

In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:
- Shortcomings of centralized AI
- How to decentralize AI research
- Incentivized computer networks
- What they're building at Bittensor
- Putting AI on the blockchain
- Decentralized governance

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