humanity

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 15, 2016 by Elon Musk · across every show →

Everything said about humanity, oldest first

Sep 15, 2016 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Musk: AI is probably the biggest near-term factor affecting humanity's future
“In terms of things that I think are most likely to affect the future of humanity, I think AI is probably the single biggest item in the near term that's likely to affect humanity.”
Elon Musk Sep 15, 2016 ▶ 0:59 Elon Musk : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
Jul 21, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Eck: As of 2017, AI cannot generate a single coherent text paragraph
“So, so everybody understands that's listening or watching, you know, we can, we can't generate a coherent paragraph, right? So, I don't mean we, magenta. I mean, kind of we, humanity.”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 25:51 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
Jan 3, 2018 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Urban: Humanity Faces Impending Extinction or a Radical Utopian Paradigm Shift
“It's either going to be the coolest story for humans or it's the end. This is the, That is a, it is a 501 page book. And that's it. Or this is the beginning of like the new paradigm. We have a new BC AD situation. We have a BC, which is like before something t…”
Tim Urban Jan 3, 2018 ▶ 5:52 Tim Urban of Wait But Why · Y Combinator
Nov 8, 2018 bullish
Opinion
Altman: Building AGI at OpenAI outweighs all past human innovation combined
“If this one thing works, like, if we do actually build AGI at OpenAI, that is more important than all of the innovation sum total in humanity so far. So, clearly not has all the innovation happened.”
Sam Altman Nov 8, 2018 ▶ 22:13 Sam Altman on Choosing Projects, Creating Value, and Finding Purpose · Y Combinator
Mar 9, 2026
Insight
Hodak: Earth's history shows that greater intelligence is inherently dangerous
“Humanity has totally dominated the planet, And we keep our closest living relatives in glass boxes so they don't go extinct. And so there's a real history here of greater intelligence being very dangerous.”
Max Hodak Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 46:34 The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces · Y Combinator
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