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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

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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. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends [https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends]   Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified Emad Mostaque is the founder of Intelligent Internet ( https://www.ii.inc )  Read Emad’s latest papers exploring the future of society, law, personhood and governance: https://ii.inc/common-wealth Pre-order Emad’s Book “The First Princple” - https://shorturl.at/L3Tug Read Emad’s Book: https://thelasteconomy.com   – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding [https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding]   Get the blueprint for generative media https://goo.gle/startupgenmedia [https://goo.gle/startupgenmedia]  Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy [https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy]   Your body is incredibly good at hiding disease. Schedule a call with Fountain Life to add healthy decades to your life, and to learn more about their Memberships: https://www.fountainlife.com/peter [https://www.fountainlife.com/peter]  Join the Moonshots Mates on Sep 25th for the inaugural Moonshots LIVE. The world's greatest entrepreneurs, builders and creators, working together to build a hopeful and optimistic vision of tomorrow. Seats are limited and application only. Apply at moonshots.com before seats are sold out. _ Connect with Peter: X [https://qr.diamandis.com/twitter] Instagram [https://qr.diamandis.com/instagram] Substack [https://substack.com/@peterdiamandis] Website [https://www.diamandis.com/] Xprize [http://www.xprize.org/] A360 [https://www.abundance360.com/] Connect with Dave: Web [https://db2.ai/] X [https://x.com/DaveBlundin?s=20] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-blundin] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dave.blundin] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@daveblundin] Connect with Salim: LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/salimismail/] X [https://x.com/salimismail] Join Salim’s 10X Shift [https://openexo.com/10x-shift?channel=moonshots] Subscribe to Salim’s YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2iw67YgoRcp-oYBn89c5g] Exponential Venture Capital [https://organizationalsingularity.fund/] Connect with Alex Website [https://www.alexwg.org/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwg/] X [https://x.com/alexwg] Email Substack [https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/]  Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1thtZk5vHTXbtDHezPT7tl] Threads [https://www.threads.com/@alexwissnergross] Connect with Emad  X [https://x.com/emostaque] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/emad-mostaque-9840ba274/] Learn about Intelligent Internet: https://www.ii.inc Read Emad’s Book: https://thelasteconomy.com  Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple [https://qr.diamandis.com/applepodcast] YouTube [https://qr.diamandis.com/youtube] Follow MOONSHOTS:  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/launchmoonshots/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@launchmoonshots?_r=1&_t=ZP-98r6jRBAJAd] X [https://x.com/launchmoonshots] Threads [https://www.threads.com/@launchmoonshots] – *Recorded on August 12th, 2026 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Highlights

This episode examines how accelerating technologies are reshaping human health, creative work, industrial infrastructure, security, and the future of society.
11:57
Longevity research is becoming tractable.
29:27
AI video must understand worlds, not just pixels.
53:32
Rapid AI progress can strand GPU investments.
1:27:14
AI safety requires defense in depth.
1:48:33
Distribution may matter more than models.
2:15:06
AI alignment is humanity’s collective responsibility.

Chapters

Can Longevity Research Make Healthy Life Extension a Reality?
00:00
How AI Could Transform the Way Movies Are Made
19:59
The High-Stakes Economics of GPUs and Massive AI Compute
41:50
Why AI Progress Will Move Beyond Transformers—and Demand Layered Safety
1:08:20
From AI Models to Personal Superintelligence in Everyday Life
1:32:46
Flying Cars, Alignment, and the Fight to Preserve Human Freedom
1:54:14

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...