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AI Scale, Compute Scarcity, and the Next Wave of Platform Competition

AI Scale, Compute Scarcity, and the Next Wave of Platform Competition

The September 26, 2025 episode of the Peter H. Diamandis Podcast features Brian Elliott, Emad Mostaque, and Dave Blundin analyzing whether current AI momentum reflects substance or speculation.

AI Agents, Lightning, and Native Bitcoin Settlement

AI Agents, Lightning, and Native Bitcoin Settlement

The September 23, 2025 episode of the Mr. M Podcast features Roy Sheinfeld explaining why Lightning qualifies as a Bitcoin Layer 2 and how it anchors activity to the base layer.

Lightning Liquidity, Stablecoins, and Self-Custody

Lightning Liquidity, Stablecoins, and Self-Custody

The September 20, 2025 episode of Built on Bitcoin features Jesse Shrader outlining Lightning’s shift from hobbyist tooling to institution-grade infrastructure.

AI Polytheism, Bitcoin Reserves, and the State–Network Divide

AI Polytheism, Bitcoin Reserves, and the State–Network Divide

The August 29, 2025 episode of the Peter H. Diamandis Podcast features Balaji Srinivasan explaining how AI, Bitcoin, and geopolitical realignments are reshaping global structures.

Superintelligence Governance, Digital Minds, and Cosmic Risks

Superintelligence Governance, Digital Minds, and Cosmic Risks

The August 22, 2025 episode of Wes and Dylan features philosopher Nick Bostrom outlining four central challenges for superintelligence: technical alignment, governance, moral status of digital minds, and relations with a possible cosmic host.

AI Energy Limits and Global Compute Rivalries

AI Energy Limits and Global Compute Rivalries

The September 03, 2025 episode of the Peter H. Diamandis Podcast features Alexander Wissner-Gross and Dave Blundin analyzing Elon Musk’s Colossus data centers and the broader AI arms race.

Scaling AI: Energy, Privacy, Equity

Scaling AI: Energy, Privacy, Equity

The July 23, 2025 episode of This Past Weekend features Sam Altman outlining how frontier AI could surpass human cognition while straining energy grids and reshaping wealth distribution.