Traditional AI conferences mostly focus on commercialization, but open-source AGI is redefining the game. While some closed-source giants lock their core technologies in black boxes, the open-source community @SentientAGI is accelerating breakthroughs instead. Sentient's three-city tour and underlying logic: Beijing | October 24 → Co-building evaluation and safety discussions with research institutions/funds Shanghai | October 26 → Connecting developers with application partners, bridging the gap from models to products Seoul | October 26 → Focusing on system optimization and open-source infrastructure collaboration These choices are not random. Beijing has integrated AGI into its national industrial strategy, Shanghai is advancing the AGI Challenge Program, and South Korea is increasing investments in AI infrastructure. The three cities will jointly release community-oriented task lists and evaluation standards, linking together a complete ecosystem for open-source AGI in Asia. ————————————————————————— Why Sentient bets on open-source: The problems with closed-source models are becoming increasingly apparent: 1️⃣ Black-box decision-making, making reasoning processes unverifiable 2️⃣ Pricing power entirely controlled by vendors 3️⃣ Data and algorithms monopolized by a few giants 4️⃣ Innovation speed constrained by commercial considerations The advantages of open-source AGI are clear: transparency and verifiability, community-driven innovation, cost control, and technological democratization. It enables a complete chain from data governance to explainable reasoning, along with reusable toolchains and evaluation benchmarks. ————————————————————————— @SentientAGI's Asia tour might become a significant milestone for the open-source AGI movement in the Asia-Pacific region. Bringing community evaluations, task lists, and collaboration networks offline, and turning open consensus into actionable roadmaps.