Ask the Mates Anything Round #2 | Moonshots AMA #293

• 1:08 Open — Peter and Alex at the table; AMA queue.
• 2:09 Nathan — AI data and brain-pattern inference.
• 5:12 Dave — AI watching AI; don’t slow the work.
• 7:26 Ad — Google for Startups generative media.
• 11:09 Norbert — p(doom) steelman; White House lawn case.
• 20:29 Alex — lunar ISRU and a self-replicating fab.
• 27:01 Peter — “show them the data” on longevity.
• 33:49 Ad — Blitzy autonomous codegen.
• 40:33 Dave — MBAs managing agents.
• 50:01 Jim — Qwen under the desk as a pen-tester.
• 57:23 Vision — Sinclair gene rewind vs Neuralink.
• 1:24:50 Close — Solve Everything and Accelerando.

Peter Diamandis

Official site · Wikipedia

Host. Runs the AMA queue, the longevity evidence stack, and the close. 1:08

Dave Blundin

Link Ventures

Co-host. AI-watching-AI, Ireland as a governance sandbox, agents for MBAs. 5:12

Alexander Wissner-Gross

Wikipedia

Co-host. Lunar fab bottleneck, sandbox-lie critique, Accelerando close. 20:29

Salim Ismail

Wikipedia

Co-host. Joins from Bangalore; universities, org learning loops, P(abundance). 37:53

Charles Stross

Wikipedia

Alex’s close sci-fi pick for the transition: Accelerando. 1:24:50

Accelerando (Charles Stross) — Alex’s close sci-fi pick. Amazon 1:24:50

The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson, paperback) — Dave’s variety-of-ideas cite. Amazon 17:23

2001: A Space Odyssey (Blu-ray) — Alex’s sandbox-lie / HAL lesson. Amazon 7:17

Person of Interest: The Complete Series — Norbert’s benevolent-optimization foil. Amazon 9:59

Solve Everything — Peter and Alex at the close. Official site 1:24:50

Peter, Dave, Alex, and Salim take AMA callers through mind-reading models, AI that polices AI, a lunar fab, longevity evidence, and agent-era MBAs — Google, Blitzy, and Fountain Life in the breaks, Accelerando at the close.

Bangalore — Salim joins from a car after a stage set in India. 37:53

Ireland — Dave’s EU governance sandbox. 17:23

Moon — Lunar ISRU and a self-replicating fab. 20:29

Germany — Media-doomerism question; talent not in the AI race. 1:13:01

• Abundance Summit / Link Ventures (1:08) — Show-open underwriter.
• Google for Startups (7:26) — Generative media guide; goo.gle/startupgenmedia.
• Blitzy (33:49) — Autonomous enterprise codegen; blitzy.com.
• Fountain Life (58:58) — Dr. Donnica Moore health segment; fountainlife.com/peter.