Sam Altman’s Attack, Amazon vs. Starlink, and What Opus 4.7 Actually Means | #248

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including AI backlash, satellite wars, and speculative futures.

In this episode, the mates cover Anthropic Opus 4.7, AI backlash and unrest, the Stanford 2026 AI Index, young workers getting squeezed out, AI-driven store automation, data center bans, satellite wars, transhumanism, and speculative futures like uploads and space colonization. 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 Salim Ismail is the founder of OpenExO Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified – 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: https://www.fountainlife.com/peter _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: Web X LinkedIn Instagram TikTok Connect with Salim: X Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email…

People in this episode

Host: Peter H. Diamandis

Guests: Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross

Topics covered

• AI backlash
• satellite wars
• data center bans
• transhumanism
• space colonization
• AI-driven store automation
• young workers

Keywords

• AI
• satellites
• automation
• transhumanism
• space colonization
• data centers
• young workers

Sponsors

Fountain Life, Blitzy, Link Ventures

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, A360, OpenExO, Link Ventures, Reified

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