Tendril Essays: Open AI, Built by Everyone
Short essays on the ideas behind Tendril: why the most valuable input to AI is human judgment, not raw compute; why the data that shapes AI should be an open public good; and why AI should speak every language, not just a few. Read them below, then open a tab or tap to help build it.
- The Human Is the Product, Not the GPU
The most valuable thing in AI is not raw compute. It is human judgment. Here is why the people judging answers matter more than the machines.
- Open AI as a Public Good
Most AI is built in a handful of warehouses. Here is the case for building it in the open, as a public good owned by the people who help power it.
- Why AI Should Speak Your Language
Most models barely speak many of the world's languages and fall short on health, learning, and farming. Here is why that matters, and how to help fix it.