Palmer Luckey: Autonomous Weapons Are Ancient and Why Anduril Won't Build Humanoids | Moonshots Live | EP #295

Anduril's edge comes from refusing generalist bets (humanoids, foundation models) and instead self-funding hyper-specialized defense products that beat a historically five-firm-dominated procurement system.

• Wildfire X Prize won: Anduril won $2.2M (including $1M from Lockheed) for autonomous fire detection tech Palmer says has been technically possible for over a decade.
• New $10M X Prize teased: Palmer is funding a prize to decode animal communication ('10x better than current state of the art'), not more AI-pushing.

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