[AJRF]

I 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.

[DanielHB]

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.

[mschild]

> 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.

[dwa3592]

>>He is connected and gives money to people

this is also known as influence so..

[mrhottakes]

All that Zuck, Altman, Musk, etc do is give money to people

[N_Lens]

Sir this is Capitalism.

[otterley]

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.