Dude, carmack didn’t contribute to AI, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t contribute to anything. The guys brilliant at developing * with computers and can squeeze the utmost out of the least in very clever ways, but more than anything knows how to build and make things that work. Sutter brings the AI chops to the table. The deeply technical nerd that produces more before breakfast than most first quartile engineers at a FAANG in a career and the guy who essentially created the current AI techniques and mentored all the major contributors today.

Seems like a fairly compelling combination to me.

He still more credible than a lot of people and startups who just jumping from blockchain to crypto to AI and overhype all of the latest buzzword.

Maybe true, but he's trying, investing his time and possibly his money in it. He could also just do nothing, it's cool that he's spending time thinking about it. What more could you ask for?

Yep. Similar to his aerospace venture. Reminds me of that guy who thinks the F-16 is the greatest fighter jet of all time and all air warfare will be WW2 gun battles. Carmack and Sutton are classical thinkers who did great work in the past, but are also stuck in it.