Grassland
AI
peer-to-peer ai network
SHOW HN2019
184points
138comments
#219of 2,195 in 2019
Top 10%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
12 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 30 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Privacy: 3 for, 21 againstIdea: 6 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
Objections
Seen as surveillance and privacy-invasive
From 3 comments
The true problem with surveillance is the asymmetry of it all. Grassland uses Game Theory to remove that asymmetry. "...no party could maintain a parasitical, data gathering…
david_at on HNYou're looking at something and calling it 'surveillance' because you don't yet have a word to describe the entire thing. It's too new so you see it through your 'old eyes'. You…
david_at on HNThen don't install a Twitch streaming video camera in your bathroom. And don't order a custom t-shirt with your banking password printed across the chest. This isn't rocket…
david_at on HN
Questions
How does the network work and who runs nodes?
From 1 comment
Everyone has rivals. Everyone has people who are interested in selling to them. Everyone has people who are interested in finding out what they do, where they go etc etc. And no…
david_at on HN