# Open Science Needs a Compute-Backed Tech Tree for Humanity by Emad Mostaque > Open science needs a compute-backed tech tree for humanity: reserve part of frontier capacity, organize collective knowledge into explicit problem sets, and let human question-setting direct machine research toward public goods. > **— Adapted from Emad Mostaque**, *Moonshots, October 7, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [1:01:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRdb8UmPnh0&t=3684s) — *The Fight Over Claude's Consciousness, AI's 1942 Moment, & Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things"*, Moonshots, October 7, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source excerpt:** “If you could target even 1% or 10% of that to build open science, then why not direct that as a public good? You see tens, hundreds of billions being spent on roads. Why not spend tens of billions to do a tech tree for humanity?” - **Editorial status:** The poster is explicitly labeled **Adapted from** because it consolidates spoken context into a self-contained proposition. It must not be represented as verbatim speech. Numerical claims, forecasts, legal interpretations, and claims about current organizations remain the speaker’s assertions unless separately verified. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/All Things Superintelligence Research - The Coming Manhattan Project - Moonshots|All Things Superintelligence Research — The Coming Manhattan Project — Moonshots]] preserves broadcast order, speaker attribution, timing, and the source-fidelity boundary. - **Preparation ledger:** [[research/All Things Superintelligence Research - The Coming Manhattan Project - Moonshots - Reminder and Wiki Preparation|Reminder and Wiki Preparation]] records candidate 18, its mechanism, evidence posture, and misreading risks. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Wiki source hub:** [[wiki/Moonshots - The Coming Manhattan Project|Moonshots — The Coming Manhattan Project]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/Open Science Tech Tree|Open Science Tech Tree]] - [[wiki/AI for Science|AI for Science]] - [[wiki/Compute Allocation|Compute Allocation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` Open science needs a compute-backed tech tree for humanity: reserve part of frontier capacity, organize collective knowledge into explicit problem sets, and let human question-setting direct machine research toward public goods. — Adapted from Emad Mostaque, Moonshots, October 7, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-emad-mostaque-open-science-needs-a-compute-backed-tech-tree-for-humanity ```