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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