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Elon Musk and Y Combinator President on Thinking for the Future - FULL CONVERSATION

Vanity Fair · 881.2K views · 2015-10-08 · 47:54

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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.

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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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someperson · 2024-11 · Reference

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] [VIDEO] [3] [LINK]

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l34ch · 2016-10 · Joke / meme

Funny how these things pan out, I just came across this the other day and thought it was pretty appropriate. [VIDEO]

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Simorgh · 2015-11 · Reference

Sam Altman and Elon Musk ponder whether we're all living in a simulation, as an explanation to the Fermi Paradox. Very eerie...! [VIDEO]

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