# Local AI Models Will Move Humanity Forward Despite Governments by Salim Ismail > "The good news is that the Xi–Trump summit and Bernie Sanders’ proposal are completely irrelevant. Once local model weights are available and people can run their own models, the world will move ahead regardless of what any single person does. Humanity has always trundled forward solving problems. We will likely solve cancer in the next two years; that is an unbelievably optimistic thing to aim for. Why would anyone want to slow it down?" > **— Salim Ismail**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 30:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=1828s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Salim Ismail|Salim Ismail]] - [[wiki/Local AI Models|Local AI Models]] - [[wiki/AI Access|AI Access]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The good news is that the Xi–Trump summit and Bernie Sanders’ proposal are completely irrelevant. Once local model weights are available and people can run their own models, the world will move ahead regardless of what any single person does. Humanity has always trundled forward solving problems. We will likely solve cancer in the next two years; that is an unbelievably optimistic thing to aim for. Why would anyone want to slow it down?" — Salim Ismail, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-salim-ismail-local-ai-models-move-humanity-forward ```