alt Hacker NewsI read the article - and many articles touting what Reid said - but my question remains - why in the name of god is he relevant.
He is connected and gives money to people - why should that mean anyone should listen to him about any of this. He's not actually a do-er is he?
Is there something I am missing? The amount of coverage he gets seems massively disproportionate to his skill, talent and insight.
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> He is connected and gives money to people
Thats why. Not that we should listen to him (no clue who exactly he is) but thats why he gets attention.
>>He is connected and gives money to people
this is also known as influence so..
All that Zuck, Altman, Musk, etc do is give money to people
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Sir this is Capitalism.
I truthfully don’t know the answer, but if I had to guess, his connections and positions provide him with an unusual amount of knowledge and perspective. Another might be that his opinions often are correct in hindsight.
Sam Altman is not an AI researcher, I don't think he ever worked directly with tech as an engineer either. Pure MBA-with-engineering-degree type.