Centralized AI is great until you realize that you don't own anything: data, model, governance are all in the hands of some centralized entity. I was a happy ChatGPT user until one day, I realized how much thought I was feeding to the model. It had become a brainstorm partner to me for blockchain and cryptography research, helping me understand new concepts and generate new insights. But all this data is owned by OpenAI -- not just mine but the data of all their users. If the status quo continues, we will likely live in a world where a couple of companies have immense power over everyone and potentially control the way we live and think as AI integrates more and more deeply into our everyday lives. Or we can fork that version of the future and choose a different path where people own their data and the research and training of new models are fully open with contributions from researchers regardless of their affiliations. It is certainly an uphill battle to change the status quo, but in my opinion, it is worth doing.