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

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

Vanity Fair
0 HN recommenders · discussed 2015–2024
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About this video

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.

Why it appears in the archive

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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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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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

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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