87:60 by Virtuoso Inside The New AI Economy with Edward Zyszkowski
Oct 31, 2025
Edward Zyszkowski, CEO of Personal Digital Spaces, advocates for a future where AI decentralization empowers individuals rather than big tech. He shares insights on the evolution of neural networks and how small, specialized models can promote consent, control, and compensation for users. Zyszkowski discusses the potential of blockchain for licensing data and the benefits of agent-to-agent markets in replacing ad-driven models. He emphasizes the importance of human-centered technology and urges young innovators to experiment boldly in the AI landscape.
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AI Needs Decentralized Architecture
- Edward Zyszkowski argues AI should be decentralized to avoid concentration of power in hyperscalers.
- Decentralization creates fault-tolerant economics and broader societal benefit instead of few winners.
Officer Guardian Sparked PDS Vision
- Edward recounts building Officer Guardian to model police officers' physiological signals for safety and ID.
- That project inspired PDS's idea that individuals should control and license the data used to build models.
Single-Asset Models Over Monoliths
- PDS builds small single-asset models (SAMs) that efficiently represent one content asset like a book or song.
- SAMs are far cheaper to train and run than monolithic models because they avoid excessive dimensionality.
