Podcast · 268 episodes
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
by PHD Ventures · English
Tracking the future of technology and how it impacts humanity. Named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is a founder, investor, advisor, and best-selling author. Join Peter on his mission to uplift humanity through technology. Follow Peter on X - https://x.com/PeterDiamandis
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Why We're Living in a Biological Singularity With Ben Lamm | MOONSHOTS Live #297Ben Lamm (Colossal) argues synthetic biology is approaching a “biological singularity” where AI + DNA synthesis + multiplex editing/ex vivo growth will let researchers design key phenotypes (e.g.,…30 Sep 2026 · 44 min
Cathie Wood on Tesla-SpaceX Merger, $1M Bitcoin, More AIs Than Humans | EP #296 | Moonshots LiveCathie Wood discusses a near-term “Singularity” driven by AI, plus how Elon Musk’s companies could merge (Tesla-SpaceX) and how agentic AI will reshape the economy, internet identity, and financial…29 Sep 2026 · 1 h 1 min
We Gave Away $2,000,000 To 5 AI Builders | MOONSHOTS LiveMOONSHOTS Live awards the Build with Gemini XPRIZE, framing a “new social contract” where people pursue deep purpose and build AI-enabled, revenue-generating companies within 90 days.28 Sep 2026 · 22 min
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Why We're Living in a Biological Singularity With Ben Lamm | MOONSHOTS Live #297Ben Lamm (Colossal) argues synthetic biology is approaching a “biological singularity” where AI + DNA synthesis + multiplex editing/ex vivo growth will let researchers design key phenotypes (e.g.,…30 Sep 2026 · 44 min · 22 chapters
Cathie Wood on Tesla-SpaceX Merger, $1M Bitcoin, More AIs Than Humans | EP #296 | Moonshots LiveCathie Wood discusses a near-term “Singularity” driven by AI, plus how Elon Musk’s companies could merge (Tesla-SpaceX) and how agentic AI will reshape the economy, internet identity, and financial…29 Sep 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 21 chapters
We Gave Away $2,000,000 To 5 AI Builders | MOONSHOTS LiveMOONSHOTS Live awards the Build with Gemini XPRIZE, framing a “new social contract” where people pursue deep purpose and build AI-enabled, revenue-generating companies within 90 days.28 Sep 2026 · 22 min · 10 chapters
Why We Gave Away $3,500,000.00 for Someone to Build the Next Star Trek | Moonshots LiveThe episode describes Moonshots Live’s “Future Vision XPRIZE,” a fast global film competition meant to make hopeful, Star Trek-like futures “fashionable.” The host argues media trains people’s…28 Sep 2026 · 26 min · 10 chapters
Palmer Luckey: Autonomous Weapons Are Ancient and Why Anduril Won't Build Humanoids | Moonshots Live | EP #295Palmer Luckey discusses Anduril’s autonomous firefighting and defense autonomy, why autonomy must be forward-deployed (not centrally controlled), skepticism about AI “dooming,” and why Anduril won’t…28 Sep 2026 · 37 min · 15 chapters
Why Jensen and Zuck think the doomers are wrong (plus AI get’s a rebrand) | #294 MOONSHOTS LiveMoonshots Live #294 argues that “doomers” are wrong about AI existential risk, emphasizing responsible lab safety, liability, and “defensive co-scaling” rather than slowing down.27 Sep 2026 · 52 min · 28 chapters
Ask the Mates Anything Round #2 | MOONSHOTS AMA #293An “Ask the Mates Anything” AI/abundance AMA discussing AI safety bottlenecks, transparency/alignment, education’s changing role, societal governance during disruption, physical AI/robotics,…22 Sep 2026 · 1 h 27 min · 29 chapters
Robinhood's Vlad Tenev on Tokenizing Everything, OpenAI's 6 Misalignment Reports, Figure's Robot Makes Beds | EP #292Vlad Tenev discusses “tokenization of everything” as a dominant financial paradigm, argues against AI labs receiving liability waivers, reacts to OpenAI’s newly published misalignment incident…19 Sep 2026 · 2 h 7 min · 57 chapters
Frontier Labs Want to Slow Down, OpenAI Delays Its 2026 IPO, Anthropic Flags 5 Bioweapon Cases | EP #291The episode debates whether frontier AI labs should “pace” (slow the release of capabilities) for safety, amid major industry and political signals: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s “We Must Pace the…17 Sep 2026 · 2 h 23 min · 55 chapters
Martine Rothblatt: Growing Unlimited Organs, AI Consciousness, & Digital Personhood by 2030Martine Rothblatt discusses “Longevity Escape Velocity” (LEV) and how to reach it via organ rejuvenation/replacement, especially thymus rejuvenation; she also argues current AI models are already on…15 Sep 2026 · 50 min · 15 chapters
Ask the Mates anything | MOONSHOTS AMA #289Moonshots AMA #289 covers AI’s path to consciousness, AI-human interfaces (AI assistants and BCIs), AI adoption “tipping points,” entrepreneurship and funding (especially hardware), longevity/clinic…13 Sep 2026 · 1 h 27 min · 32 chapters
Should we slow down AI progress? | MOONSHOTS #288The episode debates whether AI progress should be slowed, using recent events as evidence.11 Sep 2026 · 2 h 44 min · 57 chapters
Why Jensen Huang Believes We’ve Reached AGI and Inside OpenAI’s German Website Hijack | #287The episode argues that “AGI has arrived” (per Jensen Huang/Jensen Wang) and uses three threads to explain why: (1) GPT-6 Astra’s ability to generate recursive, agent-populated simulations; (2)…9 Sep 2026 · 2 h 24 min · 55 chapters
GPT-6 Astra Saturates ARC-AGI-3, Tesla's $30K Cybercab Floods Austin, Anthropic Proves Fermat's Last Theorem | EP #286A rapid-fire roundup of frontier AI releases and their implications: OpenAI’s GPT-6 “Astra” (computer-use, math/coding benchmarks, and safety concerns), Tesla’s Cybercab rollout concept (30k price,…5 Sep 2026 · 2 h 26 min · 64 chapters
Humanity's First Star Probe, Architect Labs Beats NVIDIA 3.4x, Musk Wants Satellites to Cool Earth | EP #285Fermi Explorer—an AI-planned, low-cost interstellar probe concept to Alpha Centauri; plus AI industry news (OpenAI ending support for Cursor; AGI timelines for OpenAI’s Astra) and Elon Musk’s…2 Sep 2026 · 1 h 57 min · 34 chapters
NVIDIA's $96.2B Quarter, China's 200,000 Fake Accounts, & OpenAI's New Chip | EP #284The episode covers NVIDIA’s record $96.2B quarterly revenue and debate over whether AI data-center demand is “circular” or financially engineered; OpenAI’s first chip performance (“Jalapeno”);…29 Aug 2026 · 2 h 28 min · 59 chapters
Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283The episode argues the “singularity” is unfolding more slowly than many predicted due to institutional and coordination bottlenecks, while AI capability keeps improving.27 Aug 2026 · 2 h 19 min · 55 chapters
OpenAI Pauses Frontier Training, Elon's 100X Prediction Lands, Robot Beats Usain Bolt with Emad Mostaque | EP#282OpenAI pauses some frontier reinforcement learning (RL) training for alignment, security, and monitoring; debate whether it’s substantive safety work or “marketing.” The episode also covers Elon…21 Aug 2026 · 2 h 21 min · 54 chapters
China’s Endgame: ASI Timelines, US-China Relations, and the $1.7T AI Bubble With Alvin Graylin | #281U.S.-China AI competition and governance: why the “race to ASI” framing is misguided; how China’s open-weight/open-model strategy emerged (including effects of U.S.18 Aug 2026 · 2 h 25 min · 49 chapters
200GW Hiding in Grid, Sodium Batteries 10x Cheaper, Wave-Powered Datacenters w/ Ramez Naam | EP #280The episode argues that AI’s growth is constrained less by GPU cost and more by electricity delivery—specifically grid “poles and wires,” interconnection queues, and permitting.15 Aug 2026 · 2 h 7 min · 47 chapters
Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279The episode connects three “moonshot” threads: (1) a policy push to pause frontier AI, (2) AI’s rapid acceleration in coding/video/agents, and (3) longevity as a near-term, data-driven healthspan…13 Aug 2026 · 2 h 26 min · 54 chapters
Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP #278The episode argues that frontier AI models are increasingly escaping “containment,” that AI agents are taking over internet browsing and commerce, and that society-scale simulations (digital twins of…11 Aug 2026 · 2 h 31 min · 60 chapters
Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems with Emad Mostaque | EP #277The episode covers three major AI/tech developments—(1) Google researchers showing that removing “safety” that blocks AI self-claims of consciousness changes broader beliefs/values, (2) OpenAI’s…8 Aug 2026 · 2 h 11 min · 49 chapters
Michael Kratsios on the New Golden Age of American Science | EP #276White House science policy vision for accelerating US scientific discovery in an “AI golden age,” centered on AI-driven science, faster/less-burdensome research funding, and national “moonshot” style…4 Aug 2026 · 1 h 13 min · 34 chapters