[psd1]

He is a leader and a political figure. This blogpost is political (as well as sharing a family photo, which is itself imbued with a political message in that context).

Engineer archetypes hate politics and refuse to think about it. For most engineering, there is negligible political dimension. But culturally-transformative technology is inherently political to the degree it's transformative. Altman recognises this.

He is working towards a social goal, and attracting support to achieve it. Yes, he is a political leader.

[senordevnyc]

This waters down the definition of political leader to the point of absurdity.

[AlexeyBelov]

He's rich, connected at the highest levels, works with the US govt and specifically the military. Able to have a relatively high political influence (on the workforce at the very least). How is he not actively a political figure?

[senordevnyc]

Because words have meaning, and that’s not what political leader has ever meant?

But sure, go ahead and define it however you want.