Ben Goertzel Advocates Decentralized AGI via Blockchain, Predicting Emergence Between 2027-2030

According to BlockBeats on June 21, Ben Goertzel, chair of the AGI Society and chief scientist of robot Sophia, advocated building an open, decentralized AGI system through blockchain networks to counter closed-source models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Goertzel stated that AGI is "too important to be controlled by venture capital or a few tech companies."

Through his SingularityNET project and the Artificial Super Intelligence Alliance, Goertzel is pushing for an AI system powered by distributed infrastructure where AI capabilities are collectively owned and maintained by global users. He emphasized that open-sourcing code alone is insufficient; AGI must run on decentralized infrastructure to prevent control by computing giants. Goertzel projects AGI could emerge between 2027 and 2030, and warned that concentrating development among few nations or corporations may worsen global inequality. He announced his first AI agent product, Omega Claw, will launch soon.