#self-hosting
Concepts exploring "self-hosting"
The Complicity Gradient
There is no clean hands position in a complex institutional world — the question is not whether you are complicit in systems of harm but where on the gradient you stand, and what you do with that knowledge.
🌿 growingDependency Lock-in
Once institutions build workflows around AGI, switching costs become prohibitive — creating vulnerability to infrastructure disruption, provider changes, and ethical concerns that emerge after dependence is established
🌿 growingOpen Source as Counter-Power
Open source AI offers genuine hope for decentralizing capability — but the tensions around compute requirements, corporate strategy, and co-optation deserve honest examination
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