Elon Musk and Y Combinator President on Thinking for the Future - FULL CONVERSATION
Vanity FairCited 3× on HN, 2015–2024
interview · general · 2015–2024 on HN
A Vanity Fair Summit conversation between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, moderated by Andrew Ross Sorkin. They discuss the future of technology, including AI and the simulation hypothesis.
Cited mainly as a source for what Musk and Altman said, notably their musings on the simulation hypothesis and the Fermi paradox, and as evidence of Musk's YC ties.
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3 comments from Hacker News
It's not too crazy of a question since Elon Musk has given public interviews in association with YCombinator [1] [2] (and was a founder in partly YC-associated OpenAI [3]), and the fact he seems to spend his limited time these days posting on X, streaming video games, memeing and presumably lurking on Reddit. [1] link [2] ▶ this video [3] link
Funny how these things pan out, I just came across this the other day and thought it was pretty appropriate. ▶ this video
Sam Altman and Elon Musk ponder whether we're all living in a simulation, as an explanation to the Fermi Paradox. Very eerie...! ▶ this video