If the goal of the visionaries is to scale intelligence, expand human capability, become a multiplanetary species and an advanced civilization, then the constraint is not technology. It is us - human coherence under exponential conditions. This constraint must be addressed.
‘If humanity cannot hold the change; the change will not hold.’
In a recent interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes. Editor-In- Chief, The Economist, published ~23 July 2026, Elon explicitly floated the idea of the leading AI labs holding regular safety/security calls and peer-reviewing frontier models before release, precisely because governments move too slowly and the technical risks are best spotted by the people closest to the models.
He also acknowledged the personal friction (his own longstanding issues with Sam Altman, the Anthropic spin-out dynamics, etc.) and still said, in essence, “if we have to talk, we’ll talk and set aside personal differences for the good of the world.”
This is a welcome idea at a pivotal moment in the exponential development of AI models and the urgent need for governments, institutions and humanity as a whole to catch up with the rapidly evolving tech-enabled world.
It appears that overall, the technical coordination will only hold if the human side can hold the change.
Outer Space exploration and AI progress are constrained by Inner Space capacity - collective psychological, ethical and cultural evolution. If those variables lag, the agreements themselves become fragile.
Given the acknowledged frictions between the tech leaders, starting from a deliberately superordinate goal (human flourishing in an abundant, tech-enabled world that includes conscious inner evolution) would be useful.
This is a classic conflict-reduction move. It reframes the conversation from zero-sum competitive brinkmanship or mutual suspicion into a shared higher-order purpose that none of the participants can easily reject without looking unserious about the stakes they themselves claim to care about.
Process: Begin every cycle of discussion not with model details or competitive positioning but with a short, moderated re-anchoring, based on the shared superordinate goal – ‘an abundant, multi-planetary civilization in which humanity flourishes because it has deliberately evolved its inner operating system in parallel with its outward-facing capabilities.’
From that shared frame, the conversation would optimally move into the mutual supervision mechanics. This is not therapy. It is systems hygiene.
Recommended practical format for the discussions.
Participants: Leaders in Big Tech, guest expert (ethicist/philosopher/anthropologist)
Facilitated (neutral, high-skill moderator, experienced in multi-stakeholder tech/governance settings)
In the first 15-20 mins: explicit superordinate goal check-in + brief inner capacity framing (no ideology) just the observable feedback loop between human development and technological stability.
Remainder: The safety/security and peer-review.