I think it comes down to exact phrases, which I don’t remember. He may well have agreed with something like “but if these are aliens isn’t it as important as AGI?”, which is totally reasonable.
But at no point I thought “oh, Sam Altman thinks UFOs are aliens”. Could be I just missed the definitive statement. Could be my prior on “UFOs = aliens” is so low that I interpreted everything he said in that direction.
Yes, and it could also be that I was so excited that the great Sam Altman might agree with me on an issue I greatly care about that I read something into what he said that wasn’t there.
I think it comes down to exact phrases, which I don’t remember. He may well have agreed with something like “but if these are aliens isn’t it as important as AGI?”, which is totally reasonable.
But at no point I thought “oh, Sam Altman thinks UFOs are aliens”. Could be I just missed the definitive statement. Could be my prior on “UFOs = aliens” is so low that I interpreted everything he said in that direction.
I guess we’ll just ask him the next time.
Yes, and it could also be that I was so excited that the great Sam Altman might agree with me on an issue I greatly care about that I read something into what he said that wasn’t there.