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Sam Altman’s Attack, Amazon vs. Starlink, and What Opus 4.7 Actually Means | #248
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In this episode, the mates cover Anthropic Opus 4.7, AI backlash and unrest, the Stanford 2026 AI Index, young workers getting squeezed out, AI-driven store automation, data center bans, satellite wars, transhumanism, and speculative futures like uploads and space colonization.
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