# The AI paradox: Kanjun at the 2024 Progress Conference

## Overview

Is decentralization necessary for progress? Kanjun Qiu, CEO and co-founder of AI lab Imbue, will examine how large-scale, centralized AI systems limit technology’s potential to distribute economic power. Kanjun will also discuss how AI agents — tools which democratize software development once reserved for technical users or corporations — could lead to an economic system where the costs of experimentation and production are drastically reduced.

## Video Details

- **Title**: [The AI Paradox: More Progress, Less Empowerment?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDPTq56maUs)  
- **Channel**: [Roots of Progress Institute](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsT1hQUgK80hKd1Sbesw_7A)  
- **Subscribers**: 3.36K

**Watch on**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDPTq56maUs)

_Last updated 27 Apr 2026_