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Sam Altman: uncertainty

27 Feb 2019 Conversations with Tyler Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent

“Whoever does it first I’ll be happy with. They don’t tell me as much about the Chinese projects, so I don’t know, but I’d be delighted if they did.”

— Sam Altman

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Sam Altman
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uncertainty
Recorded
27 Feb 2019
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Will China do it first? Whoever does it first I’ll be happy with. They don’t tell me as much about the Chinese projects, so I don’t know, but I’d be delighted if they did. If we, in some basic fundamental way, hacked biology through tech, how am I, as a customer or patient, most likely to notice this first? What’s the New York Times headline going to say? What will my doctor give me?…

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