Dario Amodei's physics professor: the only student in 50 years who reminded me of Feynman
inductionheads · x · 2026-10-31
A circulating interview quote: Dario Amodei's physics professor called him "the only one in my fifty years here that reminds me of Feynman." The screenshot adds that after the professor mentioned Dario to Elon Musk, Elon immediately emailed him and pitched him on joining SpaceX to colonize Mars — an early-career anecdote about the Anthropic CEO.
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