The Vatican’s Stance on AI, The Mass Tech Layoffs, and China’s 2027 Moon Flyby | EP #259 @peterdiamandis
The Vatican’s Stance on AI, The Mass Tech Layoffs, and China’s 2027 Moon Flyby | EP #259  @peterdiamandis
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This episode is a sprawling Moonshots roundup with three big pillars: AI governance and religion, AI’s impact on jobs and entrepreneurship, and a moon/space-compute future centered on SpaceX, Starlink, and Tesla.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:00 - Pope Leo Warns of AI Risks in 42K+ Word Encyclical
21:30 - Anti-Doomer Pushback Delays White House AI Exec. Order
27:45 - Deepswe: Frontier Labs Performance
38:00 - AI Token Prices Are Falling, Token Demand Is Rising
42:00 - Frontier Labs Revenue Explodes
51:30 - Deepmind’s LLM Matches Superforecaster Performance
58:50 - Tech Impact on Jobs and Economy
01:13:50 - Moonshots Survey: How well is Education Preparing Students?
01:19:00 - SpaceX Launches Massive Starships V3 Test Flight & Tesla Merge
01:36:00 - Starlink Announces Plans for Gigabit Lunar Connectivity
01:38:45 - NASA Expects China Crewed Moon Flyby in 2027
01:42:00 - Final Thoughts


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*Recorded on May 28th, 2026
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