What Alexander Wissner-Gross has said about Molecular nanotechnology

1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 15, 2026

Alexander Wissner-Gross, Computer scientist and founder of Reified, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on Molecular nanotechnology once in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 15, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Prediction · due Dec 2036
Wissner-Gross predicts that within five to ten years humanity will build a self-replicating industrial ecology the size of a eukaryotic cell.
“I think five to 10 at the outer bound, is able to produce a self-contained industrial ecology the size of a eukaryotic cell that is able to make a copy of itself”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: OpenAI Bulk-Solves 722 Math Problems, Anthropic’s Cruelty Policy, and Elon’s Quadrillion-Dollar SpaceX | EP #302 (Oct 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:22:58

Prediction · due Dec 2036
Wissner-Gross predicts that within five to ten years humanity will build a self-replicating industrial ecology the size of a eukaryotic cell.
“I think five to 10 at the outer bound, is able to produce a self-contained industrial ecology the size of a eukaryotic cell that is able to make a copy of itself”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: OpenAI Bulk-Solves 722 Math Problems, Anthropic’s Cruelty Policy, and Elon’s Quadrillion-Dollar SpaceX | EP #302 (Oct 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:22:58 · Molecular nanotechnology

OpenAI Bulk-Solves 722 Math Problems, Anthropic’s Cruelty Policy, and Elon’s Quadrillion-Dollar SpaceX | EP #302
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 15, 2026 · 2 h 1 min
Peter Diamandis, Alex Wissner-Gross, Salim Ismail and Dave Blundin discuss OpenAI's bulk math solutions, Anthropic's AI cruelty ban, Meta's Muse Wonder, virtual cells, BCIs and Elon Musk's quadrillion-dollar SpaceX claim.