Jan 28, 2025
In an interview with DIGIT, David Irvine, the Scottish software engineer behind MaidSafe and Autonomi, shares his insights on decentralisation, the flaws of the modern internet, and how his almost two-decades-in-the-making network could redefine data security and online freedom.
Companies are ravenously hoovering up every scrap of information they can about you – some legally, others not so much – in a bid to better sell to you or sell your data to someone else who can.
Beyond this, the rise of large language models (LLMs) and their insatiable demand for larger, more diverse datasets should arguably raise more concern than the current fascination with their capabilities allows. This dynamic leaves the internet in a rather peculiar position.
So: are we finally ready for something else?