Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279
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Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279
Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
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The Mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss Bernie Sanders’ call to halt AI
development, Wall Street turning GPUs into financial assets, Grok 4.7 taking the
top spot, AI’s growing impact on Hollywood, and the race toward
superintelligence.
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Highlights
Highlights
This episode examines how accelerating technologies are reshaping human health, creative work, industrial infrastructure, security, and the future of society.
Chapters
Chapters
Can Longevity Research Make Healthy Life Extension a Reality?
00:00How AI Could Transform the Way Movies Are Made
19:59The High-Stakes Economics of GPUs and Massive AI Compute
41:50Why AI Progress Will Move Beyond Transformers—and Demand Layered Safety
1:08:20From AI Models to Personal Superintelligence in Everyday Life
1:32:46Flying Cars, Alignment, and the Fight to Preserve Human Freedom
1:54:14Transcript
Transcript
Peter H. Diamandis: Bernie Sanders sent a formal letter to the CEOs of Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI.
Dave Blundin: AI capabilities have reached a critical threshold. Pause AI development.
Emad Mostaque: The cat's out of the bag, it's too late, right?
Pet...
