Agents, Safety & the $1M Turing Test — Moonshots With Peter Diamandis

Microsoft’s strategic pivot toward agentic AI marks a transition from traditional operating systems to personalized digital companions and certified autonomous agents. Mustafa Suleyman, head of Microsoft AI and co-founder of DeepMind, argues that the industry must prioritize "containment"—the ability to formally bound an AI's agency—over mere value alignment to ensure safety. A critical shift in measuring progress involves a "modern Turing test" focused on economic autonomy, such as a model's ability to independently turn $100,000 into $1 million. While AI shows immense promise in scientific hypothesis generation and medical diagnostics, the primary bottleneck remains the speed of real-world validation loops. Furthermore, maintaining a strict red line against legal personhood for AI is essential to prevent resource competition and liability crises. Ultimately, the future of superintelligence depends on "defensive co-scaling," where safety resources and containment protocols increase in direct proportion to raw computational capabilities.