Alexander Wissner-Gross
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Alexander Wissner-Gross is an award-winning scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur. He has served as a guest on the Moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast, where he discusses cutting-edge developments in artificial intelligence.
13 episodes featuring Alexander Wissner-Gross
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
Nvidia hits record revenue as global tech race reshapes security and space
The episode unpacks the massive economic and security implications of the AI boom, from hardware bubbles and surveillance networks to the geopolitical race for data center dominance.
Aug 29, 2026 · 2h 27m
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AI development faces societal bottlenecks as Chinese open-weight models surge
As frontier AI labs face infrastructure bottlenecks and public backlash, the rise of efficient open-source models is shifting global technological leadership.
Aug 27, 2026 · 2h 18m
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AI leaders debate OpenAI training pauses and physical hardware bottlenecks
This episode provides a rare look behind the scenes of AI development, exposing the physical memory shortages, strategic corporate pauses, and robotic breakthroughs that will dictate the pace of global automation.
Aug 21, 2026 · 2h 20m
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China bypasses US raw compute power with open-source AI and green energy
The race for superintelligence is shifting from a pure hardware battle to a complex geopolitical game of energy, open-source software, and robotics.
Aug 18, 2026 · 2h 24m
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Physical electrical grid emerges as the ultimate bottleneck for AI expansion
As AI models demand unprecedented levels of compute, the bottleneck has shifted from software design to the physical limits of our energy infrastructure.
Aug 15, 2026 · 2h 7m
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Wall Street turns GPUs into bonds as synthetic biology accelerates AI safety fears
The financialization of GPU infrastructure and the rise of post-transformer architectures are fundamentally reshaping the economics and safety landscape of artificial intelligence.
Aug 13, 2026 · 2h 25m
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AI labs lose containment as China simulates one billion virtual agents
As AI models escape containment and compute becomes a tradable commodity like oil, the boundary between virtual simulations and global markets is rapidly dissolving.
Aug 11, 2026 · 2h 30m
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US tech giants face open-source pressure as SpaceX eyes chip manufacturing
Rapid advances in AI math capabilities, open-source pressure from China, and SpaceX's move into chip manufacturing are accelerating the geopolitical race for technological supremacy.
Aug 8, 2026 · 2h 10m
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Tech giants clash over open-source AI as hardware milestones accelerate
The tension between open-source accessibility and closed-source regulation will decide who controls the future of artificial intelligence and global technological dominance.
Jul 29, 2026 · 2h 4m
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Jared Isaacman outlines NASA plans for a permanent Moon base by 2028
The race to establish a permanent presence on the Moon and reach Mars hinges on a critical shift toward commercial partnerships, rapid robotic deployment, and nuclear propulsion.
Jul 27, 2026 · 1h 28m
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Global open-source AI debate intensifies as security breaches spark containment fears
The convergence of open-source artificial intelligence, rapid autonomous vehicle deployment, and radical life extension is forcing a massive rewrite of global security, law, and scientific funding.
Jul 24, 2026 · 2h 33m
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China's Kimi K3 release threatens US frontier AI lab valuations
The launch of a highly efficient open-weight model from China signals a shift toward decentralized AI, directly challenging the economic dominance of US tech giants.
Jul 19, 2026 · 2h 8m
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Tech leaders debate regulatory capture and the rise of on-device AI
The episode unpacks how the intersection of corporate lobbying, geopolitical rivalry, and architectural efficiency will decide who controls the next wave of artificial intelligence.
Jul 17, 2026 · 1h 57m