LGCLMLAug 21, 2023

GradientCoin: A Peer-to-Peer Decentralized Large Language Models

arXiv:2308.10502v126 citationsh-index: 13
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This is an incremental theoretical proposal for a decentralized LLM system, potentially appealing to niche users interested in decentralization or speculative AI evolution.

The authors propose a theoretical design for a decentralized large language model (LLM) system inspired by Bitcoin's peer-to-peer architecture, addressing centralization and trust issues in current LLMs, but acknowledge it faces practical implementation challenges and limited performance motivation.

Since 2008, after the proposal of a Bitcoin electronic cash system, Bitcoin has fundamentally changed the economic system over the last decade. Since 2022, large language models (LLMs) such as GPT have outperformed humans in many real-life tasks. However, these large language models have several practical issues. For example, the model is centralized and controlled by a specific unit. One weakness is that if that unit decides to shut down the model, it cannot be used anymore. The second weakness is the lack of guaranteed discrepancy behind this model, as certain dishonest units may design their own models and feed them unhealthy training data. In this work, we propose a purely theoretical design of a decentralized LLM that operates similarly to a Bitcoin cash system. However, implementing such a system might encounter various practical difficulties. Furthermore, this new system is unlikely to perform better than the standard Bitcoin system in economics. Therefore, the motivation for designing such a system is limited. It is likely that only two types of people would be interested in setting up a practical system for it: $\bullet$ Those who prefer to use a decentralized ChatGPT-like software. $\bullet$ Those who believe that the purpose of carbon-based life is to create silicon-based life, such as Optimus Prime in Transformers. The reason the second type of people may be interested is that it is possible that one day an AI system like this will awaken and become the next level of intelligence on this planet.

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