An $80,000+ income from the "Friendly AI" scam?

I've wondered for awhile how many of these 20/30-something "transhumanists" and "singularitarians" who lack identifiable employment pay their living expenses and can afford to travel to conferences around the world. I suppose a few rentiers with trust funds could have drifted into H+ circles, but not enough to account for the total population.

For example, how does a 31-year-old high school drop out with no job history and a phony "institute" make $80,000 to $100,000 a year, as his OKCupid profile claims? And how does he merit an "open relationship" with a "bisexual girlfriend" who apparently shares his desire to explore polyamory? (Talk about living out a fantasy from 1960's science fiction!) I find the financial aspect of his lifestyle puzzling, to say the least.

It just exceedingly annoys me to see people who reap big rewards without having to work for them.