A few months back, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat down for an interview with Cleo Abram. I confess to not making it through more than a minute of that video. Perhaps I should, but for now, Fortuneās Preston Fore managed to get to at least the 22 minute mark. Thatās where this quote can be found:
āIn 2035, that graduating college student, if they still go to college at all, could very well be leaving on a mission to explore the solar system on a spaceship in some completely new, exciting, super well-paid, super interesting job,ā
OK, so just so Iām clear, in a decade, perhaps college wonāt be a thing and definitely space jobs will be. Also, space explorers will be āsuper well-paidā, which somehow makes sense.
Space exploration can be incredibly inspirational, but it certainly seems best served by governments. Meanwhile, Carnegie built libraries. I really canāt believe that all of these chucklefuck billionaires have decided on a private space race.
