Machine learning models are driving our cars, testing our eyesight, detecting our cancer, giving sight to the blind, giving speech to the mute, and dictating what we consume and enjoy. These models are a part of the human experience now and the way we create and govern them is going to shape our future as a species. Our belief is that an open system of computational resources, accessible by everyone, is the best way to ensure that we are all represented by the artificially intelligent systems that we create.

Deep learning is changing the human experience but there is a battle raging for control of the underlying infrastructure.