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Elon Musk : How to Build the Future

Y Combinator · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A 20-minute Y Combinator interview in which Sam Altman asks Elon Musk how to build the future. Topics include which problems a 22-year-old should work on, such as AI, genetics, and brain interfaces, and general advice for founders.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Offered as a more down-to-earth Musk interview with better questions than most, and cited for his stated concerns about concentrated AI power.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I was really hoping for some better questions like the ones in the "How to build the future" [1] interview”

    Interview with better questions than the one under discussion

    agrafix, 2016-09 · Recommendation · in “Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]”

  2. “A more down-to-earth video to watch might be this one”

    More down-to-earth interview with Musk

    m463, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “The Quest for Room-Temperature Superconductors”

  3. “that I found to be interesting even as a non-fanboy”

    20-minute 2016 conversation between Altman and Musk

    divbzero, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Francisco”

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Topics: elon musk, y combinator, startups, ai, spacex, tesla

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