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AI is not the villain. The decision to fire human workers and replace them with AI is the villain. There is a difference, and almost nobody is talking about it.In this episode of the Daily Download, Connor MacIvor lays out the augmentation thesis. Keep every human on payroll. Reduce their decision authority where AI is provably better. Run AI in parallel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Quadruple to octuple total output. Pay your team the same or more. Keep the customer base alive. Print more revenue.The replacement scenario being normalized in corporate America right now points to 30 to 50 percent workforce cuts inside 18 to 24 months. The math collapses on itself fast. No paychecks means no mortgages. No mortgages means no housing market. No housing market means no consumer economy. The same companies cutting workers go down too.Connor walks through the personalities driving the AI conversation. Sam Altman, sleepy-eyed and laconic, releasing models the public never gets. Dario Amodei at Anthropic, hedging on outcomes while building the most powerful systems on earth. Elon Musk, firing from the hip with a far larger infrastructure footprint. Peter Diamandis on the optimist end, Alex Wissner-Gross on the chaos end, both shouting past each other on the Moonshots show. The MIT investment crowd already running tens of thousands of agents in production.Inside the episode:The dystopia narrative and why fear sells better than the boring middle path that actually works.The replacement playbook corporate America is quietly running, and the five-step demand collapse it triggers inside 24 months.The augmentation math. One worker, one AI counterpart, four to eight times the output, payroll intact, customer base intact.The specific operator playbook for SMBs. Voice agents on overflow calls. Automation on nurture sequences. AI on content volume. Humans on the work that requires a human.The political reality. China has guardrails. The EU has the AI Act. The US has not moved. What you can do about it from your desk this week.The AGI question. What happens when the systems get smarter than every human alive in every domain. Honest answer: nobody knows. The decisions you make today set the precedent for how more powerful systems get deployed tomorrow.The strongest counter-argument and why augmentation still wins on the only time horizon that matters.This is the thesis paper companion to the four-week implementation runbook published at SantaClaritaArtificialIntelligence.com last wYoutube Channels:Conner with Honor - real estateHome Muscle - fat torchingFrom first responder to real estate expert, Connor with Honor brings honesty and integrity to your Santa Clarita home buying or selling journey. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for valuable tips, local market trends, and a glimpse into the Santa Clarita lifestyle.Dive into Real Estate with Connor with Honor:Santa Clarita's Trusted Realtor & Fitness EnthusiastReal Estate:Buying or selling in Santa Clarita? Connor with Honor, your local expert with over 2 decades of experience, guides you seamlessly through the process. Subscribe to his YouTube channel for insider market updates, expert advice, and a peek into the vibrant Santa Clarita lifestyle.Fitness:Ready to unlock your fitness potential? Join Connor's YouTube journey for inspiring workouts, healthy recipes, and motivational tips. Remember, a strong body fuels a strong mind and a successful life!Podcast:Dig deeper with Connor's podcast! Hear insightful interviews with industry experts, inspiring success stories, and targeted real estate advice specific to Santa Clarita.

In the last two weeks, social media was set abuzz by claims that scientists had succeeded in uploading a fruit fly. It started with a video released by the startup Eon Systems, a company that wants to create “Brain emulation so humans can flourish in a world with superintelligence.” On the left of the video, a virtual fly walks around in a sandpit looking for pieces of banana to eat, occasionally pausing to groom itself along the way. On the right is a dancing constellation of dots resembling the fruit fly brain, set above the caption ‘simultaneous brain emulation'. At first glance, this appears astounding - a digitally recreated animal living its life inside a computer. And indeed, this impression was seemingly confirmed when, a couple of days after the video's initial release on X by cofounder Alex Wissner-Gross, Eon's CEO Michael Andregg explicitly posted “We've uploaded a fruit fly”. Yet “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, not just cool visuals”, as one neuroscientist put it in response to Andregg's post. If Eon had indeed succeeded in uploading a fly - a goal previously thought to be likely decades away according to much of the fly neuroscience community - they'd [...] ---Outline:(03:43) A brief history of fruit fly connectomics[... 3 more sections]--- First published: March 19th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ybwcxBRrsKavJB9Wz/no-we-haven-t-uploaded-a-fly-yet --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:

If you want us to build a MOONSHOT Summit, email my team: moonshots@diamandis.com  Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends   Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Salim Ismail is the founder of OpenExO Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund: https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding      Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy   _ Grab dinner with MOONSHOT listeners: ⁠https://moonshots.dnnr.io/⁠ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Salim: X Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO  Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube This week's outro song: https://suno.com/song/c9e369d0-b182-4114-9dae-9b8861164c52  – *Recorded on November 15th, 2025 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends   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 – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding      Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy   Grab dinner with MOONSHOT listeners: https://moonshots.dnnr.io/ _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Salim: X Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO  Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on November 3rd, 2025 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends   Learn more about XPRIZE Visioneering: https://events.xprize.org/event/8275124a-66df-41cd-82e7-d13e32d4e0a3/summary 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, focused on AI and complex systems. – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding      Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy   – Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Salim: X Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO https://openexo.com/10x-shift?video=PeterD062625 Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on October 18, 2025 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends   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, focused on AI and complex systems. – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding      Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy   – Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Salim: X Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO https://openexo.com/10x-shift?video=PeterD062625 Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on October 3rd, 2025 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends   Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified, focused on AI and complex systems. – My companies: Reverse the age of my skin using the same cream at https://qr.diamandis.com/oneskinpod   Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding      –- Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on September 2nd, 2025 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. -------- Chapters 02:50 - The Importance of Positive News in Tech 05:49 - Education and the Future of Learning 09:02 - AI Wars: Colossus II and Hardware Scaling 12:02 - Training vs. Inference in AI Models 18:02 - Elon Musk's XAI and Recruitment Strategies 20:47 - The Rise of NanoBanana and AI in Media 26:38 - Google's AI-Powered Live Translation 29:03 - The Future of Language and Cultural Diversity 48:07 - AI Disruption in Language Learning 51:56 - The Future of SaaS Companies 57:28 - NVIDIA's Market Position and AI Chips 59:51 - China's AI Chip Landscape 01:03:13 - India's AI Infrastructure Revolution 01:11:11 - The Concept of AI Governance 01:15:16 - Economic Implications of AI Investment 01:19:54 - AI in Healthcare Innovations 01:36:32 - The Future of Urban Planning with AI 01:40:39 - Electricity Costs and AI's Impact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Download this week's deck: http://diamandis.com/wtf  Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends   Salim Ismail is the founder of OpenExO Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and investor. Emad Mostaque is the founder of Intelligent Internet (https://www.ii.inc) – My companies: Test what's going on inside your body at https://qr.diamandis.com/fountainlifepodcast   Reverse the age of my skin using the same cream at https://qr.diamandis.com/oneskinpod   Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding      –- Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X: https://x.com/davidblundin  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-blundin/  Connect with Salim: X: https://x.com/salimismail  Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO https://openexo.com/10x-shift?video=PeterD062625 Connect w/ Emad: https://x.com/emostaque  Connect with Alex: linkedin.com/in/alexwg  Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on Aug 8th, 2025 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this podcast, Alex Wissner-Gross from Gemedy sat with Vishal Kumar from AnalyticsWeek to discuss the convoluted world of intelligence in artificial intelligence. He sheds deep insights on what machines perceive as intelligence and how to evaluate the current unwrapping of AI capabilities. This podcast is a must-attend for anyone who wishes to understand what AI is all about. Timeline: 0:28 Alex's journey. 7:20 Alex's role in Gemedy. 9:19 Physics of AI. 12:05 General use cases for distribution of AI capabilities. 15:00 State of AI. 20:03 Defining intelligence. 23:42 Maximum freedom of action. 28:12 Intelligence and maximizing future freedom of action. 30:10 Maximum freedom of action and maximizing impact. 31:45 Thoughts on deep learning. 36:55 Data sets or data models? 39:27 AI in the context of business? 44:08 AI and the protection of human interests. 48:40 AI that ensures the employability of humans. 51:11 Advice for businesses to get started with AI. 59:01 Alex's ingredients to success. 1:01:16 Alex's favorite reads. 1:04:26 Key takeaways. Alex's Recommended Listen: Accelerando (Singularity) Mass Market by Charles Stross (Author) https://amzn.to/2GDkBUl Diaspora: A Novel by Greg Egan https://amzn.to/2s1GF5L Rainbows End: A Novel with One Foot in the Future Mass Market by Vernor Vinge https://amzn.to/2J3oarQ Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/alexwg-on-unwrapping-intelligence-in-artificialintelligence-futureofdata/ Alex's BIO: Dr. Alexander D. Wissner-Gross is an award-winning scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, investor, and author. He serves as President and Chief Scientist of Gemedy and holds academic appointments at Harvard and MIT. He has received 125 major distinctions, authored 18 publications, been granted 24 issued, pending, and provisional patents, founded, managed, and advised 4 technology companies that were acquired for a combined value of over $600 million. In 1998 and 1999, he won the USA Computer Olympiad and the Intel Science Talent Search. In 2003, he became the last person in MIT history to receive a triple major, with bachelor's in Physics, Electrical Science and Engineering, and Mathematics, while graduating first in his class from the MIT School of Engineering. In 2007, he completed his Ph.D. in Physics at Harvard, where his research on neuromorphic computing, machine learning, and programmable matter was awarded the Hertz Doctoral Thesis Prize. A thought leader in artificial intelligence, he is a contributing author of the New York Times Science Bestseller, This Idea Must Die, and the Amazon #1 New Release, What to Think About Machines That Think. A popular TED speaker, his talks have been viewed more than 2 million times and translated into 27 languages. His work has been featured in more than 200 press outlets worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN, USA Today, and Wired. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ info@analyticsweek.com Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

How exactly do you define intelligence? Professor Alex Wissner-Gross, President and Chief Scientist at Gemedy and Fellow at Harvard Institute for Applied Computational Science has an answer. In this podcast, we interview Professor Wissner-Gross not only about his equation for defining intelligence, but also his thoughts that we need new challenges around data sets, as he believes data sets will get us to our goals of intelligence over algorithms. Read more ...

Será que há uma equação para a inteligência? Sim. É F = T ∇ Sτ. Numa palestra fascinante e informativa, o físico e cientista da computação Alex Wissner-Gross explica que raios isso significa. (Filmado no TEDxBeaconStreet.)

지능의 방정식이 존재할까요? 그렇습니다. 바로 F = T ∇ Sτ입니다. 심리학자이자 컴퓨터 과학자인 알렉스 위즈너-그로스는 이 공식이 대체 무슨 뜻인지 무척 흥미롭고 유익한 강연으로 설명합니다. (영상: TEDxBeaconStreet)

Is there an equation for intelligence? Yes. It's F = T ∇ Sτ. In a fascinating and informative talk, physicist and computer scientist Alex Wissner-Gross explains what in the world that means.

¿Existe una ecuación para la inteligencia? Sí. Es F = T ∇ Sτ. En una fascinante e informativa charla, el físico y científico de la informática Alex Wissner-Gross explica a qué se refiere con eso. (Filmado en TEDxBeaconStreet.)

Gibt es eine Gleichung für Intelligenz? Ja: F = T ∇ Sτ. In einem faszinierenden und informativen Vortrag erklärt der Physiker und Informatiker Alex Wissner-Gross, was genau das bedeuten soll (Aufgenommen bei TEDxBeaconStreet).

Y a-t-il une équation pour l'intelligence ? Oui. C'est F = T ∇ Sτ. Dans un discours fascinant et informatif, le physicien et informaticien Alex Wissner-Gross explique ce qu'elle peut bien signifier. (Filmé à TEDxBeaconStreet.)