We Are as Gods: A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance with Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler, and Joe Polish
About this episode
Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler discuss their book 'We Are as Gods' and the implications of advanced technologies on humanity.
Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler share their new book We Are as Gods. The thesis is exactly as big as the title. We suddenly have godlike capabilities in AI, longevity, genetics, and robotics. The only question that matters now is whether we are wise enough to handle them. Here's what you're about to discover in this conversation: Why Peter and Steven say biblical-scale miracles are now what they call "Tuesday morning," and the exact categories of technology that are already delivering them Ray Kurzweil's jaw-dropping prediction about the next ten years, the Dario Amodei prediction about doubling human lifespan, and the humanoid robots you will be able to buy for the price of a used car The cascade Steven nicknamed "exponential leadership syndrome," the ten-step chain that is quietly crushing founders and CEOs right now, and the one neurobiological antidote that unwinds it Universe 25, the $800,000 mouse experiment every Entrepreneur needs to know about before AI removes any more friction from your life The Five Great Forks of humanity, and the single mindset choice that decides which side of the fork you end up on The one thing you have to do before you ever touch an AI tool…
People in this episode
Host: Joe Polish
Guests: Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler
Topics covered
- AI
- longevity
- genetics
- robotics
- entrepreneurship
- leadership
- technology
Keywords
- abundance
- exponential leadership syndrome
- human lifespan
- humanoid robots
- optimism
- Universe 25
- AI tools
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: We Are as Gods
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