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How Much of Anthropic's Code Did Claude Write? · Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

Big Tech’s $3T AI Bet, Claude Writes 90% of Anthropic’s Code, AIs Editing AI Brains | EP #308

The mates sit down to discuss Big Tech’s $3 trillion AI bet, Anthropic’s soaring AI costs, and claims that Claude now writes 90% of the company’s code. They also explore Wall Street’s efforts to hedge the AI boom and MIT’s research into AI brain surgery, where AI systems can edit the inner workings of other AI models. What does it all mean for the future…

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  1. Will Most Voters Consult AI Agents in 2028? at 1:36

    Peter Diamandis says that by the 2028 election almost everybody will refuse to make a decision without consulting an AI agent they trust, so those agents will… Full answer

  2. Is Apple to Blame for Rising Memory Prices? at 7:24

    Alexander Wissner-Gross says Apple has only itself to blame for rising memory prices. Full answer

  3. How Much Have Big Tech Companies Committed to AI? at 18:02

    Peter Diamandis says Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle have disclosed more than $3 trillion in combined commitments on leases, buildings, power… Full answer

  4. Will Sovereign AI Run Governments? at 26:26

    Alexander Wissner-Gross sees no future in which governments are not being run by sovereign AI systems. Full answer

  5. How Does Gemini 4 Carbon Compare With Opus 5.5? at 33:18

    Alexander Wissner-Gross says Gemini 4 Carbon looks a little like Opus 5.5. Full answer

  6. Why Build a Benchmark for Superintelligence? at 35:21

    Alexander Wissner-Gross says a benchmark is absolutely essential for steering superintelligence. Full answer

  7. Why Is GPT-5.2 So Far From GPT-6 Astra on Everyday Tasks? at 44:24

    Alexander Wissner-Gross says GPT-5.2 sits far from a tight cluster running from GPT-5.4 to GPT-6 Astra on a price-versus-performance chart of everyday tasks. Full answer

  8. How Much Does a Top AI Model Cost Per Day? at 54:58

    Peter Diamandis says the highest and most expensive model costs about a buck for a day of equivalent human labor. Full answer

  9. How Much of Anthropic's Code Did Claude Write? at 1:00:38

    Peter Diamandis says an Anthropic SEC filing shows Claude authored 90% of September 2026 code contributions, and the share was over 90%. Full answer

  10. Can AI Already Edit Its Own Weights? at 1:08:42

    Alexander Wissner-Gross is more than 90 percent confident that AI is already editing its own weights. Full answer

  11. How Did Hackers Spoil Grocery Refrigerators? at 1:14:26

    Peter Diamandis says attackers got into grocery refrigerators that technicians manage online 24-7 and switched on defrost mode, spoiling food in stores across… Full answer

  12. Why Is Treating a Job as Your Purpose a Mistake? at 1:37:31

    Salim Ismail says treating a job as your purpose was a basic mistake, because employment got conflated with purpose. Full answer

  13. Why Does Europe Have No Abundant Energy? at 1:43:12

    Dave Blundin says China has abundant energy and Europe has none because the West decides from empathy miscalibrated by the media, while China has… Full answer

  14. Does Living Next to a Data Center Make You Rich? at 1:49:05

    Salim Ismail takes up Donna Daves's question about how living next to a data center makes you rich when living next to a factory did not, and he is not even… Full answer

  15. Should Students Pursue Trade School? at 1:50:54

    Peter Diamandis says students should pursue trade school. Full answer

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