Sam Altman’s Attack, Amazon vs. Starlink, and What Opus 4.7 Actually Means | #248
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.
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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
Chapters
00:00 - Claude Opus 4.7 Benchmark
12:00 - Stanford's AI Annual Report Card
23:45 - Youth Is Being Hit the Hardest By AI
36:40 - The AI Backlash Turns Physical - Attacks on Sam Altman & Data Centers
49:00 - Workers Are Training Their AI Replacements
1:07:40 - Amazon & Apple to Compete With Starlink
1:17:00 - Experimental Cancer Treatments, Quantum Leaps to Smart Glasses & More
1:44:15 - Enhanced Games Is Going Public
1:51:15 - Speciation of Humanity in “5 Forks”
2:08:00 - Outro Music & Closing
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*Recorded on April 16th, 2026
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Posted May 27
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