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Lex Fridman: belief

18 Mar 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI

“I think Elon is a friend and he’s a beautiful human being and one of the most important humans ever.”

— Lex Fridman

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Lex Fridman
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
18 Mar 2024
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

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…I was thinking, someone just reminded me the other day about how the day that he surpassed Jeff Bezos for richest person in the world, he tweeted a silver medal at Jeff Bezos. I hope we have less stuff like that as people start to work towards AGI. I agree. I think Elon is a friend and he’s a beautiful human being and one of the most important humans ever. That stuff is not good. The amazing stuff about Elon is amazing and I super respect him. I think we need him. All of us should be rooting for him and need him to step up as a leader through this next phase.…

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