Not when it’s hosted on someone else’s server.
Not when the models can be throttled, restricted, or censored.
Not when your data is the product.
It’s time we talk about what’s really going on.
A Thr~ead↓
GPT. Grok. Claude. All of them.
They’re useful, sure.
But if you’ve ever had your responses go weird, or your access cut off, or just felt like your conversations were being watched…
It’s because you’re not in control. They are.
And that’s by design.
Most of today’s AI runs like Web2 in a trench coat:
– Centralized servers
– Hidden filters
– Zero transparency
– Terms that can change anytime
– And models you can’t verify or move
It’s fast food for the mind. You get convenience, but no power.
@notthreadguy said:
> “If ChatGPT convo history ever gets hacked, I’m going into hiding.”
And honestly? I get it.
We treat these tools like therapists.
We tell them things we wouldn’t say out loud.
But they don’t belong to us.
And the logs? They’re not yours either.
@notthreadguy I stumbled on something different.
It’s called @OpenxAINetwork and it’s not your regular chatbot or wrapper on top of ChatGPT.
It’s a fully decentralized AI infrastructure.
That means the compute, the models, the execution…
All of it lives in your hands.
Here’s the big difference:
•Bare-metal infrastructure
You don’t run AI on someone else’s cloud. You either run your own machine or rent one from an open GPU marketplace.
No AWS. No Google Cloud.
•Own your models
Deploy your model. Use your rules. No filters. No approvals.
•Track everything on-chain
From compute cycles to payouts, it’s all transparent.
@OpenxAINetwork You don’t need to be a dev either.
With OpenXAI Studio, you can drag, drop, and deploy your model like it’s a Canva project.
✅ Pick a server
✅ Upload a model
✅ Chat via Ollama
✅ Done
No code. No setup. Just your AI, running your way.
@OpenxAINetwork Everything runs on top of something called Xnode, a modular framework for building AI services.
Think:
Inference blocks.
Data handling blocks.
Compute routing blocks.
Each task isolated. Each service upgradeable.
It’s like DeFi legos but for AI.
I keep hearing people say AI will change everything. Cool. Maybe it will. But there is a question I can’t shake, and it bothers me more the longer I sit with it.
If AI runs on our data, our effort, our tiny daily contributions, why do we get nothing back?
One part of me says, relax, everyone gives away data every day. People seem fine. They scroll through TikTok, they let Spotify curate their mood, they let Google Maps follow them everywhere. They correct autocorrect, mark emails as “not spam,” skip videos, like posts, answer tiny prompts like “Was this helpful?”
All of these look harmless.
But the other part of me knows they are not. People don’t complain because they never see what happens behind the curtain. They don’t see how the model studies your late-night playlists, how it learns your mood from your scroll patterns, how it shapes itself using every tiny correction you make.
Your habits, your work, your choices, your taste everything becomes training fuel.
And all the value goes upward to people who never acknowledge where the intelligence came from.
Theirs no visibility, no control & no fairness.
1/4
I try to excuse it: maybe this is just how AI works. Centralized data. Centralized decisions. One giant brain controlled by a few people. It’s fast, it’s efficient, and most users seem okay with it.
But that pattern has cracks.
Once you peek behind the curtain, you notice:
• nothing is transparent
• nothing is verifiable
• value flows one way
• rules change overnight
• your behaviour becomes someone else’s product
• your voice notes, images, searches become training sets
• you never get a say, and you never get rewarded
Contributors have theoretical power but none in practice. And this is not a side issue (it’s the root). If trust disappears, the entire ecosystem rots.
And it forces a harder question:
If AI gets its intelligence from millions of tiny human behaviours i.e from your playlist skips to your typing corrections then why should the people who supply that intelligence remain invisible?
2/4
So I ask myself what makes something like @LazAINetwork's iDAO different. Because every project screams “community-driven.” Most give you a Discord channel and an emoji poll.
But iDAO is structural & not symbolic.
Contributors don’t orbit the edges because they sit at the center.
• They approve datasets
• They shape AI asset lifecycles
• They influence reward flows
• They coordinate fraud checks
• They defend contributor rights
• They help guide how agents evolve
These are decisions that determine the direction, fairness, and integrity of the entire system.
The system and governance walk together & not against each other.
And no, not everyone needs to participate. Most users don’t want to vote. What matters is that contribution ties to ownership. What matters is that the value doesn’t vanish into a black box.
3/4
Metis Is Evolving Beyond L2: Here’s Why I’m Excited as a Community Member
For a long time, I thought of Metis as “one of those Ethereum L2s.” Faster transactions, lower fees, optimistic rollup tech (you know the drill). But recently, I came across a letter from the @MetisL2 team (@ElenaCryptoChic), and it became clear: they’re no longer just positioning themselves as a scaling solution.
Metis is now building something much bigger: a full-stack economy that merges blockchain infrastructure with AI-native applications. And as a community member watching this unfold, I can’t help but feel excited.
Metis now describes its ecosystem as three interconnected layers:
>> Andromeda → The battle-tested settlement and trading layer. Think of this as the foundation: secure, decentralized, and proven.
>> Hyperion → The AI-optimized infrastructure layer designed for higher throughput and lower latency. This is where raw speed and performance get supercharged.
>> LazAI → The application and data layer, where AI agents, apps, and user playability come to life.
What stands out is that these aren’t siloed tools. Instead, Metis wants them to work as one connected economy i.e a place where infra, data, and applications interact seamlessly.
Here’s where it gets fun: Metis is not starting with dry infrastructure use cases. Their first experiment is @LazbubuAI, an AI companion that evolves over time and interacts with its holder. It’s not just an NFT; it’s a living digital character.
The response has been massive:
>> Over 90,000 whitelist signups
>> More than 10,000 “DAT” mints already
This is important because playability and emotional connection are what can turn infrastructure into a real community. Instead of “just another dApp,” users are engaging with an evolving AI companion that pulls them deeper into the ecosystem.
If someone gave you a $1,000 bet to build a website or an app in a single day with no coding, no team, just you how would you do it?
I’ll be honest. I would lose that bet almost immediately. Building anything on-chain, especially on Solana, is far from easy.
A Thr~ead↓
You’re expected to understand coding languages like Rust or Anchor, set up wallets and RPCs, deploy contracts safely, and then design and host the frontend.
That’s not something an ordinary person can just wake up and accomplish in a few hours. It takes months of learning, trial, and error.
And that is where I always felt left behind. Developers seem to have superpowers.
They create the apps we all use, launch tokens, and make the money.
Meanwhile, the rest of us just sit and watch, wondering quietly: why can’t I do the same?
2,800+ Media Nodes. 600M+ minutes of calls. 176K+ active users.
This is not a regular streaming giant or a telco, this is a people-powered network that’s rewriting how real-time communication works.
And in Act II: The Nexus, Chapter 2, you can help battle-test it. 🧵👇
Here’s a thing most people don’t know about…
Even if you’re just 50 meters apart, your voice might travel hundreds of miles, first bouncing between distant servers before looping back to your friend’s device.
This happens every single time you connect on a call.
That’s why…
>Calls freeze mid-sentence
>Games lag at the worst moment
>“Can you hear me?” becomes a meeting soundtrack
This is often the case because it's the path your data is forced to take,& not your WiFi speed
But under the surface, there’s a major flaw no one’s fixing:
The AI revolution is built on broken & borrowed data.
And @LazAINetwork is the hard tech that's solving this.
Let me show you why
AI today looks impressive but it’s deeply centralized.
A handful of tech giants control the models, the compute, and most of all… the data.
They decide what gets trained, who gets paid, and who gets left behind.
Not only is it unfair, it’s inefficient.
The core problem is DATA.
⪼Public internet data is running out
⪼ Private data can’t be shared safely
⪼ Contributors get zero compensation
⪼Quality is inconsistent and hard to verify