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Did the creator of the universe give us a message? For example in the book "Contact", Carl Sagan, there's a message for any civilization in digits in the expansion of Pi and base 11, eventually, which is kind of an interesting thought.
— Andrej Karpathy
2022-10-29 on youtube.com
@janexwang @notmisha I think Carl Sagan read His Master's Voice, then dumbed it down for general masses and gave it a happy ending.
— Andrej Karpathy
2016-01-03 on twitter.com
https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/683592037682171906
I felt the movie is a little better and more entertaining than the book except for the two most scientifically interesting parts: the part where they first receive the signal, and Especially the part where they meet the aliens. In these parts, the book offers a much more thorough and interesting treatment of the events that unfold. Carl Sagan was also generally awesome and knowledgeable, which definitely shines through in this book. 4/5
— Andrej Karpathy
2012-10-08 on goodreads.com
Alien contact. Liked the book quite a lot more than the movie (though the movie is great too).
— Andrej Karpathy