The End of Dying: How AI and Longevity Science May Make Death Optional by 2030

What if the biggest disruption of this decade isn’t to your job—but to your mortality?

In a bold new interview, futurist and physician Peter Diamandis told podcaster Chris Williamson that humanity is standing at the edge of its most radical transformation: making death optional. The key? AI, biotech, and the exponential acceleration of information.

According to Diamandis, if you can stay alive until 2030, you might never need to die.

From “Don’t Die” to “Don’t Decay”

Diamandis isn’t talking science fiction. He’s referring to active research from companies like Altos Labs, Retro Biosciences, and SENS Research Foundation—organisations investing billions into cellular regeneration, gene therapy, and age reversal.

But what’s supercharging the movement now is AI.

“Artificial Intelligence isn’t just for productivity,” Diamandis says. “It’s becoming the engine that drives drug discovery, diagnostics, and even cellular rejuvenation.”

He cites recent breakthroughs like GPT-style models trained on genomic data, as well as systems that can simulate and optimise CRISPR gene edits in silico before they’re ever tested in a lab.

Longevity Escape Velocity Is Coming

The goal is to reach “longevity escape velocity”—a point where for every year you survive, science gives you more than a year back. Diamandis believes that milestone could arrive by 2030.

That doesn’t mean immortality. But it may mean indefinite youth, reversibility of age-related diseases, and the rise of proactive biological enhancement. Already, scientists have extended the lifespan of mice by up to 70%, and gene therapies to regrow thymus function and reverse cellular aging are in human trials.

Uploading the Mind: The Soul in the Code?

Diamandis also touches on the possibility of consciousness preservation through brain-machine interfaces and neural recording. Companies like Neuralink are laying the groundwork. But the real revolution may come from digital twins powered by AI and brain data, offering the chance to preserve identity, personality, and memory beyond biology.

“It’s no longer if,” Diamandis says, “but how far we want to go.”