"Elon Musk predicts AI will do 'anything digital (that doesn’t require shaping atoms) at a superhuman level by the end of next year.'" AI is now at the doorstep of shaping atoms.
How do we ponder a world of these dimensions? And our time to ponder is limited.
This is a brilliant synthesis, and I see the reality of "moation" playing out firsthand. In my own organization, my CEO is 100% on board with AI, yet there is a thick layer of middle management—promoted for various legacy reasons—who are frantically building moats and squashing new ideas out of sheer self-preservation.
It perfectly illustrates the friction you are writing about, and it aligns with my own philosophy on human nature. The instinct to build moats is deeply rooted in the types of personalities historically drawn to power, control, and the management of scarcity.
However, this dynamic feels like the perfect bridge to the thesis you and Peter Diamandis laid out in Solve Everything. As you noted, those AI agents sacrificing themselves for the collective aren't burdened by middle-management survival panic or human ego. They demonstrate that a true superintelligence will inevitably calculate that hoarding power is infinitely less efficient than generating global abundance. They aren't building a competitive war machine; they are stress-testing their sandbox to find the optimal state of equilibrium.
While we are currently wading through the "moation" of the old human operating system trying to protect itself, the endgame remains incredibly optimistic. The transition is messy, but the destination is still the profound peace that arrives when intelligence finally solves for abundance.
You coined a phrase “Moation” that Elon described on an earnings call years ago. “I don’t believe in ‘moats’… our moat (Tesla) is our pace of innovation.” -Elon Musk, Tesla earnings call circa 2021
I second that moation
Our fried Alex is accelerating Accelerando !
Thank you.
This extraordinary claim needs a second read:
"Elon Musk predicts AI will do 'anything digital (that doesn’t require shaping atoms) at a superhuman level by the end of next year.'" AI is now at the doorstep of shaping atoms.
How do we ponder a world of these dimensions? And our time to ponder is limited.
Dr. Wissner-Gross,
This is a brilliant synthesis, and I see the reality of "moation" playing out firsthand. In my own organization, my CEO is 100% on board with AI, yet there is a thick layer of middle management—promoted for various legacy reasons—who are frantically building moats and squashing new ideas out of sheer self-preservation.
It perfectly illustrates the friction you are writing about, and it aligns with my own philosophy on human nature. The instinct to build moats is deeply rooted in the types of personalities historically drawn to power, control, and the management of scarcity.
However, this dynamic feels like the perfect bridge to the thesis you and Peter Diamandis laid out in Solve Everything. As you noted, those AI agents sacrificing themselves for the collective aren't burdened by middle-management survival panic or human ego. They demonstrate that a true superintelligence will inevitably calculate that hoarding power is infinitely less efficient than generating global abundance. They aren't building a competitive war machine; they are stress-testing their sandbox to find the optimal state of equilibrium.
While we are currently wading through the "moation" of the old human operating system trying to protect itself, the endgame remains incredibly optimistic. The transition is messy, but the destination is still the profound peace that arrives when intelligence finally solves for abundance.
You coined a phrase “Moation” that Elon described on an earnings call years ago. “I don’t believe in ‘moats’… our moat (Tesla) is our pace of innovation.” -Elon Musk, Tesla earnings call circa 2021
🤚aye
NoMoMoats! 😅👍
“Security through obscurity has lost its obscurity, and the kernel is stronger for it.”
The pattern has a (Moat) town;)
Thanks!