# Palmer Luckey: Autonomous Weapons Are Ancient and Why Anduril Won't Build Humanoids | Moonshots Live | EP #295 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis-5723730/palmer-luckey-autonomous-weapons-are-ancient-and-why-anduril-won-t-build-humanoids-moonshots-live-ep-295 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis-5723730/palmer-luckey-autonomous-weapons-are-ancient-and-why-anduril-won-t-build-humanoids-moonshots-live-ep-295.md Podcast: [Moonshots with Peter Diamandis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis-5723730) Published: 2026-09-28T20:31:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DVVTS3664750917.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DVVTS3664750917.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis-5723730/episodes/palmer-luckey-autonomous-weapons-are-ancient-and-why-anduril-won-t-build-humanoids-moonshots-live-ep-295 Duration seconds: 2247 ## Resource This episode was filmed at Moonshots Live 2026. Learn more at https://moonshots.com/ The mates sit down with Palmer Luckey on Moonshots Live to discuss autonomous weapons, AI risk, Anduril’s approach to humanoids, the real threats posed by AI, VR’s peak, and what’s next for the future of technology. 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. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified Palmer Luckey is the founder of Oculus VR and defense technology company Anduril Industries, known for helping pioneer modern virtual reality and later building AI-powered defense systems. – This event is presented with: Google — https://www.google.com/ Circle — https://www.circle.com/ Future Vision XPRIZE Partners: Salesforce — https://www.salesforce.com/ ARK Invest — https://www.ark-invest.com/ Xsolla — https://xsolla.com/ Range — https://www.rangemp.com/ Build with Gemini XPRIZE Partner: Google — https://www.google.com/ _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Substack Website Xprize A360 Connect with Dave: Web X LinkedIn Instagram TikTok Connect with Salim: LinkedIn X Join Salim’s 10X Shift Subscribe to Salim’s YouTube channel Exponential Venture Capital Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Substack  Spotify Threads Connect with Palmer:  Website X LinkedIn Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube Follow MOONSHOTS:  Instagram TikTok X Threads – *Recorded on September 25th, 2026 *The vie… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis-5723730/episodes/palmer-luckey-autonomous-weapons-are-ancient-and-why-anduril-won-t-build-humanoids-moonshots-live-ep-295/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/moonshots-with-peter-diamandis-5723730/palmer-luckey-autonomous-weapons-are-ancient-and-why-anduril-won-t-build-humanoids-moonshots-live-ep-295.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.