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The addition of Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, two olympic athletes with no obvious ties to this, struck me as interesting. Does anyone have any insigh
by chrisfosterelli 9y ago
The addition of Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, two olympic athletes with no obvious ties to this, struck me as interesting. Does anyone have any insight to that?
- andreyk 9y agoThey are being added as donors, not advisors, right? So some rich people with interest in AI decided to support OpenAI, it seems.
- solarkraft 9y agoWhich is surprising and great to see as it indicates the issue becoming a more main stream concern.
- oh_sigh 9y agoHow exactly did the Eaton's become rich? I didn't realize there was that much money in running, unless you are someone like Usain Bolt and have endorsement deals.
- bronson 9y agoIt's only a google away: https://heavy.com/sports/2016/08/ashton-eaton-net-worth-endorsement-deals-sponsorships-salary-world-record-how-much-money-wealth-rio-olympics/ https://heavy.com/sports/2016/08/ashton-eaton-net-worth-endo...
- oh_sigh 9y agoInteresting. I was expecting you would need to have $50+M to be considered an announced donor.
- aston 9y agoThe Eatons are now in the Bay Area and are working in tech. Here's an article about their transition: https://medium.com/south-park-commons/ashton-eaton-from-olympic-gold-to-tech-1dad606d82bc https://medium.com/south-park-commons/ashton-eaton-from-olym...