On July 10, 2025, Peter Diamandis brought together three top minds (Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Emad Mostaque) for a compelling episode of the Moonshots Podcast. Their discussion centered on the emergence of Grok 4, Elon Musk’s latest AI model, which has now leapfrogged its competition to become the most powerful general purpose model in the world.
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Here’s a breakdown of the key chapters, insights, and what this all means for the future of AI and of humanity itself.
🧠 00:00 – The Capabilities of Grok 4
Grok 4 marks a massive leap forward. Unlike earlier models that relied heavily on language pattern matching, Grok 4 exhibits reasoning, reflection, and advanced problem solving across multiple domains.
It can:
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Write code with fewer hallucinations
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Reason across multiple modalities (language, images, video)
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Understand context deeply enough to critique its own answers
Peter Diamandis compares its intelligence to that of a sharp graduate student. It’s no longer just answering questions. It’s forming conclusions, spotting flaws in its own logic, and improving itself iteratively.
🧪 07:39 – Humanity’s Last Exam and AI Performance
Grok 4 scored highest on “Humanity’s Last Exam”, a set of over 100 rigorous academic and real-world benchmarks across law, math, medicine, and logic.
The standout stat:
With reasoning enabled, Grok 4 scored 45%, the highest ever recorded.
Even more impressive, the model didn’t just memorize patterns. It understood underlying principles, particularly in areas like physics and ethics. The performance gap between Grok and older models like GPT-4 or Claude 3 is now stark.
Salim Ismail emphasizes this moment as a milestone: “This is no longer prediction. This is real general intelligence.”
💸 16:47 – AI Training Efficiency and Cost Dynamics
The panel dives into how the economics of training have shifted dramatically.
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Grok 4’s training was an order of magnitude more efficient than previous models.
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Emad Mostaque notes that Grok used a smaller but cleaner dataset, with fewer biases and better structure.
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Dave Blundin reveals that training Grok 4 cost significantly less than GPT-4, thanks to massive infrastructure optimization.
This shift means more frequent model upgrades at lower cost. Thus paving the way for exponential AI development cycles.
🏥 24:36 – AI in Medicine: Augmentation vs. Replacement
Grok 4’s impact on medicine is profound. The panel sees its primary role as augmentation, not replacement.
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AI helps doctors diagnose faster and more accurately.
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It cuts down on paperwork and administrative drag.
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It can even generate patient summaries, treatment options, and risk models in seconds.
But Salim notes: “The human element such as empathy, intuition, and trust is still vital. At least for now.”
🎮 27:16 – The Future of Gaming and the Metaverse
In gaming, Grok 4 is powering the rise of AI-generated worlds that adapt to the player.
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Non-playable characters (NPCs) now learn from users.
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Entire storylines evolve dynamically based on player interaction.
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Worlds are being built in real-time with voice or text commands.
The metaverse, long dormant, could experience a renaissance through Grok 4, fueled by AI-native content and immersion.
🎬 30:10 – Hollywood vs. Video Games: The Battle for Attention
The speakers highlight a quiet revolution: games are replacing Hollywood as the center of mass-market storytelling.
Grok 4 allows anyone to:
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Generate scenes, dialogue, and even voice acting
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Customize entire episodes or movies to personal taste
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Watch or play stories that evolve in real-time
Diamandis predicts that AI-generated entertainment will “shatter the studio model,” leading to decentralized, creator-led storytelling.
💻 34:20 – The Evolution of Coding with AI
Coders are being transformed from writers to reviewers.
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Grok 4 can write clean, commented code across multiple languages.
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It can debug and explain its own logic.
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Developers now focus more on prompts, vision, and refinement.
Emad adds: “It’s not that coders are obsolete. It’s that good coders can now produce 10x more, and non-coders can build viable software too.”
🎥 37:00 – Advancements in Video Model Training
The panel is excited by Grok’s video training capabilities.
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It can generate short video scenes from scripts or prompts.
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It understands emotional tone and pacing.
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It stitches frames into coherent cinematic expressions, not just animations, but stories.
Blundin calls it “a real Pixar engine in your pocket.”
🔮 42:05 – The Future of AI: Grok 5 and Beyond
Looking ahead, Grok 5 is expected to:
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Cross 60–70% on the “Humanity’s Last Exam”
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Achieve multi-agent cooperation: multiple Grok instances solving problems together
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Be capable of emotional synthesis: understanding and reacting to human moods in real time
Salim believes Grok 5 will effectively become an intelligent assistant for every person, customizing advice, creativity, and life decisions.
⚙️ 44:39 – The Race for GPU Supply and AI Acceleration
Behind the scenes, the real race is for compute power.
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Elon Musk is securing massive GPU access through X and Tesla data centers.
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The GPU bottleneck is now the limiting factor in AI advancement.
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The panel warns that nations and companies who control GPUs will control the future of intelligence.
Expect to see energy infrastructure, semiconductor innovation, and geopolitics all shaped by this race for AI capacity.
🧠 What Grok 4 Means for the Future of Humanity
Grok 4 is not just another AI model. It’s a foundational shift.
🚀 Key Takeaways:
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Real general intelligence has emerged. It is not just statistical mimicry.
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Work is being redefined. Grok is already doing tasks that took humans hours: across law, writing, medicine, and engineering.
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Access to intelligence is being democratized. Anyone with a phone or laptop now has access to a superhuman assistant.
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Grok 5 will reshape everything. As it gains emotional intelligence, voice, memory, and agency, it will become not just a tool, but a collaborator, advisor, and mirror.
🔚 Final Thoughts
In 2022, ChatGPT introduced the world to conversational AI. In 2024, Claude and Gemini expanded the field. But in 2025, Grok 4 changed the game by bringing reasoning, real-world performance, and adaptability that others are still catching up to.
And Grok 5 is just around the corner.
As Salim Ismail said best:
“We’re no longer preparing for AGI. We’re living with it.”