The mates sit down with Richard Socher to discuss Recursive’s $670M bet on self-improving AI, why he puts P(Doom) at zero, the race toward ASI, proposed restrictions on recursive self-improvement, and what new AI benchmarks like Tavus’ Turing Test could tell us about what comes next.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 A360Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader.Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link VenturesDr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of ReifiedRichard Socher is a leading AI researcher and entrepreneur, founder and CEO of You.com and co-founder and CEO of Recursive, who previously served as Chief Scientist at Salesforce after founding MetaMind. you.comRead Richard Socher’s new book, The Eureka Machine: Why AI Is the Key to Unlocking a New Era of Scientific Discoveries: https://www.eurekamachine.org/–This episode is brought to you by:Get the blueprint for generative media https://goo.gle/startupgenmedia 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: https://www.fountainlife.com/peter _Connect with Peter:XInstagramSubstackWebsiteXprizeA360Connect with Dave:WebXLinkedInInstagramTikTokConnect with Salim:LinkedInXJoin Salim’s 10X ShiftSubscribe to Salim’s YouTube channelExponential Venture CapitalConnect with AlexWebsiteLinkedInXEmailSubstack SpotifyThreadsConnect with RichardWebsiteLinkedInXRead Richard’s book, The Eureka MachineListen to MOONSHOTS:AppleYouTubeFollow MOONSHOTS: InstagramTikTokXThreads–*Recorded on October 2nd, 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