Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
Sep 27, 2026 · 52 min · 13 segments
The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss Jensen Huang pushing back on AI doomers, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s AI talks, the rebranding of AGI as “superintelligence,” and the rapidly…
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Dave BlundinPanelistWe had two weeks ago, we hear Dario goes on with his blog, Sam Altman comes in and says, I agree.
And then two nights ago, just before the Xi-Trump meetings, Sam and Dario were there at the Security Council saying, we're in the midst of an existential threat.
So what I'd like to do is actually share two videos of some other leaders in industry, and let's talk about this.
I want to talk about, you know, is the fear warranted from AI on its own in a rogue environment? exploit.
Nobody's building more compute today than the people asking to be slowed down.
All of the other narratives to deflect blame, to make it sound like AI is so powerful.
I have no idea how to fix it.
It's not my fault.
It's just because the technology is just so powerful.
So when Jeffrey Hinton is on TV saying he thinks the 10% chance of societal destruction is not unreasonable?
I would tell Jeff that it's irresponsible to say all that.
All of his predictions have been wrong.
Enough predictions.
That 10% chance is not grounded on science, it's not grounded on research.
Just because it comes from a scientist doesn't make it scientific.
We had two weeks ago, we hear Dario goes on with his blog, Sam Altman comes in and says, I agree.
And then two nights ago, just before the Xi-Trump meetings, Sam and Dario were there at the Security Council saying, we're in the midst of an existential threat.
So what I'd like to do is actually share two videos of some other leaders in industry, and let's talk about this.
I want to talk about, you know, is the fear warranted from AI on its own in a rogue environment? exploit.
Nobody's building more compute today than the people asking to be slowed down.
All of the other narratives to deflect blame, to make it sound like AI is so powerful.
I have no idea how to fix it.
It's not my fault.
It's just because the technology is just so powerful.
So when Jeffrey Hinton is on TV saying he thinks the 10% chance of societal destruction is not unreasonable?
I would tell Jeff that it's irresponsible to say all that.
All of his predictions have been wrong.
Enough predictions.
That 10% chance is not grounded on science, it's not grounded on research.
Just because it comes from a scientist doesn't make it scientific.
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