Eric Schmidt: Singularity's Arrival, the 92-Gigawatt Problem, and Recursive Self-Improvement Timelines | 241

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

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4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at a360.com Eric Schmidt ignites Abundance Summit 2026: AI's reasoning boom crushes code (20-80 human split), scaling laws unbound, orbital data centers, China's robot edge, energy/power crunches, recursive self-improvement asymptote, and steering ASI to American values amid geopolitical races. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google; Chair and CEO of Relativity Space. Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures – 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 Your body is incredibly good at hiding disease. Schedule a call with Fountain Life to add healthy decades to your life, and to learn more about their Memberships: www.fountainlife.com/peter _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Eric: X Linkedin His latest book Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on March 9th, 2026 *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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0:00.0	We're living through a historic moment right now.
0:02.0	The next thing that's really interesting and terrifying also is recursive self-improvement,
0:07.0	but we don't have it yet. What we do have...
0:10.0	I keep asking my friends, when does the asymptote arrive and when does the curve slow down?
0:16.0	It is actually true that there is a limit to our craziness.
0:20.0	We have not found it yet. And that's the
0:23.6	great thing, frankly, about America. The American competitor, not enemy, but competitor, is China.
0:29.6	They have lots of money. They're very, very smart. Their work ethic is equal or stronger than ours,
0:36.6	and they dominate key industries.
0:38.8	But at the moment, it sure looks to me like the robotic hardware of China is the winner.
0:44.7	I don't want to lose the robotic revolution, in my view, the way we lost the electric
0:50.8	vehicle revolution, at least on the low end.
0:53.0	It's possible. but it requires...
0:56.0	Now that's the moonshot, ladies and gentlemen.
1:02.0	Eric, do you remember the first time we met?
1:05.0	Yes, Larry Page introduced me to you because he was on your board.
1:09.0	Yes, yeah. So I got a call from Eric out of the blue,
1:13.4	which was a great honor, and said, Larry says I should meet you. When are you going to be down here
1:19.9	or up here in San Francisco? I was in L.A. And I said, how about tomorrow? Typical, Peter.
1:27.1	And I remember something which was so, I love the story.
1:31.1	We sat down to lunch at Charlie's Cafe.
1:34.9	And, of course, I'm running a nonprofit, and my mission is always raising capital for a nonprofit.
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