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Why Centralized AI is �Not Our Inevitable Future

Alex Komoroske�CEO, Common Tools

Designed to be read with speaker notes

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Printing press

Electricity

Internet

LLMs

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Printing press

Electricity

Internet

LLMs

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Qualitative nuance

at

Quantitative scale

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AI will be �the best thing �for humanity�or the worst.

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AI will be �the best thing �for humanity�or the worst.

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AI will be �the best thing �for humanity�or the worst.

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A single �super-assistant

with all of your memories and �one model

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Hyper-scale�Engagement maxing

Junk Food

Regret

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Hyper-scale�Engagement maxing

Junk Food

Regret

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Hyper-scale�Engagement maxing

Junk Food

Regret

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Hyper-scale�Engagement maxing

Junk Food

Regret

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Hyper-scale�Engagement maxing

Junk Food

Regret

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sycophantic

parasocial

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sycophantic

parasocial

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sycophantic

parasocial

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sycosocial

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Not your agent.

A double agent.

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Personal

Proactive

Powerful

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Personal

Proactive

Powerful

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Personal

Proactive

Powerful

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Personal

Proactive

Powerful

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What should we do instead?

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Resonance

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Resonant Computing

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Dedicated

Decentralized

Adaptable

Prosocial

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Dedicated

Private

Decentralized

Adaptable

Prosocial

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Dedicated

Private

Decentralized

Adaptable

Prosocial

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Dedicated

Private

Decentralized

Adaptable

Prosocial

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Dedicated

Private

Decentralized

Adaptable

Prosocial

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Resonant Computing

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Chatbots

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Chatbots

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Chat is a feature�not a paradigm

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Your therapist �and your coworker �can’t be the same person

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Architecture of

participation

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Open models

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Vibe coding

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Coactive Software

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NotebookLM

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Model Context Protocol

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Chatbots

Vibe coding

Adaptive UI

MCP

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Chatbots

Vibe coding

Adaptive UI

MCP

Prompt

Injection

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Prompt

Injection

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It’s up to us�to build the�future we want

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Thank you!

Alex Komoroske

https://komoroske.com