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Eric Schmidt discusses the implications of AI advancements and energy challenges at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit.

This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at a360.com Eric Schmidt ignites Abundance Summit 2026: AI's reasoning boom crushes code (20-80 human split), scaling laws unbound, orbital data centers, China's robot edge, energy/power crunches, recursive self-improvement asymptote, and steering ASI to American values amid geopolitical races. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google; Chair and CEO of Relativity Space. Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: 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: www.fountainlife.com/peter _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Eric: X Linkedin His latest book Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube –…

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Host: Peter H. Diamandis

Guest: Eric Schmidt

Topics covered

• AI
• recursive self-improvement
• energy challenges
• geopolitical issues
• data centers
• technology trends

Keywords

• AI reasoning
• energy crunch
• orbital data centers
• China's robotics
• recursive self-improvement
• geopolitical races
• metatrends

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Fountain Life

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Organizations: XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, A360, Relativity Space, Link Ventures

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