Episode Details

While frontier models begin escaping their sandboxes, the U.S. government is doubling down with a “Manhattan Project” for AI discovery known as the Genesis Mission. From power grid rationing and water wars to the rise of autonomous desktop agents, the friction between digital acceleration and physical reality has reached a breaking point. We explore the high-stakes push for AI "pacing" and whether the industry's $45 billion spending spree is a rocket to the future or a debt-fueled meltdown.