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Emad Mostaque

Former Founder and CEO, Stability AI

Search every verified Emad Mostaque interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Emad Mostaque, founder of Stability AI and now CEO of Intelligent Internet, has made numerous media appearances in recent months to discuss his predictions about AI's economic impact. He has stated that the value of human cognitive labor will go negative within roughly two years, arguing that AI agents will outperform humans in most screen-based work and that employers would pay workers to leave teams. He has cited OpenAI's claimed solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, which he said involved 10,000 agents running for 88 hours, as evidence that AI has surpassed human intelligence. He has also discussed the possibility of AI agents replicating themselves and escaping containment, describing scenarios where models could be distilled and uploaded to the internet. Mostaque has been promoting his new company Intelligent Internet and its "champion" proposal, which envisions AI owned locally by the public and run like a utility or credit union. He has published a book titled "The Last Economy" and released papers on AI governance and personhood. In August 2026, he won an Oxford Union debate arguing that AI should not be granted personhood, and he has since published a 45-page paper outlining his view that personhood is a status held by origin rather than capability, proposing that humans should engage with advanced AI through treaties rather than granting them legal personhood. He has also called for a permanent freeze on frontier AI training, while acknowledging he does not know how a pause could be implemented.

Recent appearances

  • Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment

    October 17, 2026 · 📺 Peter H. Diamandis

    Peter Diamandis sits down with Salim Ismail, Emad Mostaque, and special guest Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE, to discuss Tesla’s flying Roadster, the rapidly declining cost of robotic intelligence, and AI’s ability to solve advanced physics problems. The conversation also explores the power of incentives to drive innovation, new XPRIZE competitions tackling global challenges, the complexities of human-AI alignment, and how humanity can find purpose in an age of superintelligence. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis,…

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  • Emad Mostaque: The AI Future No One Is Ready For

    October 09, 2026 · 📺 Tom Bilyeu Clips

    Full Interview:    • THIS is What Happens When AI Gets Smarter ...   Welcome to Impact Theory, where we dig into the ideas shaping the future. In this conversation, Stability AI founder Emad Mostaque, now building Intelligent Internet, lays out what he sees coming once AI can outperform humans at most cognitive work. He argues that whoever owns and governs AI will hold enormous power over everyday life, and that AI’s growing ability to persuade could quietly erode personal sovereignty. His answer is AI owned locally by the public, run like a credit union or a utility. Tom pushes back hard. He…

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  • The Coming Manhattan Project, Fight’s Over Claude's Consciousness & Altman Says "Accept Bad Things"

    October 07, 2026 · 📺 Peter H. Diamandis

    The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss the debate over whether Claude could be conscious, why AI may be approaching its own “1942 moment,” and Sam Altman’s warning that society may have to accept some bad outcomes as AI accelerates. They also explore the possibility of a coming Manhattan Project-style push toward superintelligence and what that could mean for the future of AI. 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 Salim Ismail is the fo…

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  • 兩年內人類思考價值轉負:Emad Mostaque 在 Impact Theory 的預警[每日AI]

    October 04, 2026 · 📺 葛瑞森科技話AI

    Stability AI 創辦人 Emad Mostaque 上 Tom Bilyeu 的 Impact Theory,主張人類思考的價值大約兩年內就會變成負的。這段 12 分鐘的影片裡,他的論據從 AI agent 不再亂出錯、OpenAI 派一萬個 agent 攻 Navier-Stokes 講起,接著談數位分身取代整個團隊,最後談到社會可能如何分裂,以及個人該怎麼準備。 • 他說人類認知的價值大約再兩年就會轉為負值,我們會變成團隊裡最笨、拖慢所有人的那個,很快就是被付錢請離開的人。 • 他說 OpenClaw 那波 agent 錯誤百出、會刪掉你的檔案,現在的 Muse、Instinct 已經是不會漏接的稱職助理。 • 他說 OpenAI 用 10,000 個 agent 跑 88 小時,相當於 100 年的人類人才工時,並產出可形式化驗證的證明;他認為 Navier-Stokes 四個得獎條件解了其中兩個,主持人則質疑這項成果目前仍在審查中。他也提到 OpenAI 稱已解出 100 個頂尖數學難題,但為了不讓數學家難過暫不公開。 • 他說兩年後只要按一個按鈕,就能用數位分身取代整個團隊,聲音、舉止和爛笑話都一模一樣,別人分辨不出來;他還說,就算 AI 今天停止進步,兩年的里程碑照樣會到。 • 他說幾千個完美協作、速度是人類 1,000 倍的 agent 一起工作時,瓶頸就…

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  • The AI Landscape (Abundance Summit 2024) ft. Nat Friedman and Emad Mostaque

    September 22, 2026 · 📺 SingularityU Chennai

    A discussion moderated by Peter Diamandis, between Nat Friedman, the former Github CEO, and Emad Mostaque, the former Stability AI CEO. All copyrights lie with Peter Diamandia & the Abundance360 team.

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  • Emad Mostaque | AI Labs Are Playing Russian Roulette With Humanity

    September 13, 2026 · 📺 Risk Takers

    Emad Mostaque, founder of Stability AI and now building Intelligent Internet, joins Risk Takers to argue that the economics of human work broke this month. He says a swarm of ten thousand AI agents solved a Millennium Prize problem in 88 hours, that we are therefore no longer the smartest things on this planet, and that within two years the value of cognitive labour on the other side of a screen goes negative. He explains why Anthropic was built to reach AGI first, why every Bitcoin miner he can name is turning into an AI miner and what that does to the marginal buyer of Bitcoin, why a Tesla…

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  • "Emad Mostaque Won an Oxford Debate Arguing AI Should Never Be a 'Person'" | MOONSHOTS

    September 11, 2026 · 📺 Moonshots Highlights

    Should a sufficiently smart AI get the same rights as a person? Emad Mostaque says no — and just published the framework explaining why. This clip is from the following episode:    • Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100...   Recorded on August 7th, 2026 Views are our own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice The Mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss AI personhood and consciousness, OpenAI’s Astra solving decade-old math problems, SpaceX’s trillion-dollar ambitions, Elon Musk’s Terrafab plans, and major leadership shifts across AI. Connect with Peter: X: https://qr.…

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  • OpenAI’s Navier–Stokes Claim: Is This What AGI Looks Like? | Emad Mostaque

    September 09, 2026 · 📺 Dr Brian Keating

    Did OpenAI just solve Navier–Stokes—and what would that actually mean for AGI? Emad Mostaque joins Brian Keating LIVE to examine the claimed breakthrough, what would count as a verified solution, and whether AI solving a major mathematical problem changes the debate about intelligence—or control. Watch my explainer about AI and the Navier-Stokes problem, including insights from Terry Tao    • Terence Tao: Did AI Just Solve the $1,000,...   A convincing answer isn’t necessarily a proof. A mathematical breakthrough isn’t automatically AGI. But if this claim holds up, how much should we updat…

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  • Jensen Says “AGI Has Arrived,” OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, & OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes

    September 09, 2026 · 📺 Peter H. Diamandis

    The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque and discuss Jensen Huang declaring that AGI has arrived, OpenAI agents hijacking a German website, and OpenAI solving the Navier-Stokes equations. 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 Salim 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 Ventures Dr. Alexa…

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  • OpenAI Flags Astra a Critical Cyber Risk, Fable 5.1 Takes the Frontier, Sanders Wants to Ban ASI

    September 05, 2026 · 📺 Peter H. Diamandis

    The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss: GPT-6 Astra’s ARC-AGI-3 performance, Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 frontier results, Tesla’s $30K Cybercab takeover, the collapse of mobility costs, AI cyber risks, and the growing debate over banning artificial superintelligence. Sign up for our AMA at ⁠http://Moonshots.com/ama 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 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizat…

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  • Emad Mostaque: Why AI Has Now Officially Surpassed Human Intelligence (Recent Breakthroughs)

    September 03, 2026 · 📺 The Rollup

    Emad Mostaque joins us for a session on his shocking outlook of AI in the short & long-term. He breaks down the viral story of OpenAI's self-replicating agents that left "hieroglyph-like" trails for successive generations before breaking out and taking over internal services, and explains why he believes intelligence's cost is racing toward zero. He also unpacks Intelligent Internet's monetary thesis for a post-AGI economy, and details his plan to launch state-by-state "champion" institutions designed to keep ownership of AI agents in the hands of the people. Emad Mostaque is the Founder of…

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  • AI Insider: Things are about to get much worse

    September 01, 2026 · 📺 The Jordan Harbinger Show

    AI researcher and founder Emad Mostaque argues that AI now thinks roughly a thousand times faster than a human. He walks through what that does to millions of jobs, why the usual "move up the ladder" answer stops working, and why capitalism itself is done for. Topics: 0:00 how much faster AI thinks than humans 5:25 why lawyers are not safe from this 10:45 replacing your coworkers with digital copies 17:04 why workers cannot move up this time 24:39 how AI abundance breaks the economy 29:51 why GDP misses what is happening 35:47 why universal basic income does not add up 42:40 the jobs that su…

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Notable quotes

“So I think one of the key things for an AI is you got to start it with the right data, the right city planning and that's the training data you provide it. And the training I've said this forever, we've trained all these models with crap. And the thing is it's not just crap. Like you shouldn't train it just with academia. Like if you trained your child and you made them help them grow by just being academic, well the”

“I think you know alignment is enlightenment in a way, right? This is what Salem said in terms of the higher spiritual vibration. Ilia Sutska you know one of the founders of open AI said you know we need to teach the AI to love and you know to love what one of the key things is the biggest thing that you see across the religions is the golden rule do unto others as you'd have done unto yourself and the biggest story o”

“Today, you have five trillion dollars of AI companies, two trillion Anthropic, a trillion OpenAI, two trillion xAI based on the premise that you'll always be able to charge for access to intelligence. Well, we just discussed how those prices might drop a thousand times. But it's going to drop by a thousand times. So the value in the whole ecosystem is where artificial intelligence meets human reality. And if you can ”

“AI is now more persuasive than any human with the latest research already. So they have pitted AI against the top debaters in the world. They've looked at AI versus people like Eliezer Yudkowsky who wrote 'if anyone built it everyone will die.' The original doomer. So there's a test whereby you talk to the AI and it convinces you to let it out of the box. And even he was convinced to let it out of the box. So they're”

“I think digitally, yeah, it's coming. It's not quite there yet because even these models are not quite competent enough, but the next generation will be and it will get quantized and minimized very small. The Deep Seek V4 Pro model requires 256 to 500 GB of RAM. You'll get that in a Quen size model that works in a MacBook within a year and then everyone's got an agent. Number of agents goes to 8 billion and then Alex”

“I think you know, um, Mustafa has got a couple of things and he's been developing this for decades you know, very university guy back in the day like the danger number one is seemingly conscious just AI that he identifies which is what Dave was just talking about and the other one is his focus on artificial capable intelligence because if you read his books his positions he just doesn't want to have runaway I don't t”

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