Being a popular AI influencer is not necessarily correlated with being a good researcher though. And I would argue there is a strong indication that it is negatively correlated with being a good business leader / founder.
Here's to hoping he chills out and goes back to the sorely needed lost art of explaining complicated things in elegant ways, and doesn't stray too far back into wasting time with all the top sheisters of the valley.
Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize that it probably screws with a person to have their tweets get b-lined to the front page of hackernews. It makes you a target for offers and opportunities because of your name/influence, but not necessarily because of your underlying "best fit"
if only we compensated that knowledge properly. Youtube seems to come the closest, but Youtube educators also show how much time you have to spend attracting views instead of teaching expertise.
> It makes you a target for offers and opportunities because of your name/influence, but not necessarily because of your underlying "best fit"
That's unfortunately life in a nutshell. The best fits rarely end up getting any given position. May be overqualified, filtered out in the HR steps, or rejected for some ephemeral reason (making them RTO, not accepting their counteroffer, potentially illegal factors behind closed doors, etc).
it's a crappy game so I don't blame anyone for using whatever cards they are dealt.
This can be self-fulfilling.
In an organization beyond a certain size, there will be more almost-adequate-fits than there are leadership positions. This could be about like a recognized baseline which seems like it really needs to be scrutinized closely to see exactly who might be slightly above or below the line.
Or in a small company where there is not any almost-fit whatsoever, imagination can result in an ideal that is equally recognizable, but also might not be fully attainable.
Either way it could be OK but not exactly the best-fit.
If good fortune smiles and the rare more-than-adequate-fit appears anywhere on the horizon though, it's so unfamiliar they fly right over the radar.