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Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by stavros »

ata_aman wrote: post #96
DevX101 wrote: post #20

Anyone who's a whistleblower should compile key docs and put it in a "dead man's switch" service that releases your testimony/docs to multiple news agencies in the event of your untimely demise. The company you're whistle blowing against and their major shareholders should know this exists. Also, regularly post public video attesting to you current mental state.

Is there a DMS as a service anywhere? I know it’s very easy to setup but wondering if anyone is offering this.

https://www.deadmansswitch.net is one.

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by ajdude »

ata_aman wrote: post #96
DevX101 wrote: post #20

Anyone who's a whistleblower should compile key docs and put it in a "dead man's switch" service that releases your testimony/docs to multiple news agencies in the event of your untimely demise. The company you're whistle blowing against and their major shareholders should know this exists. Also, regularly post public video attesting to you current mental state.

Is there a DMS as a service anywhere? I know it’s very easy to setup but wondering if anyone is offering this.

I use deadmansswitch.net - it sends you an email to verify that you are still alive, but you can also use a Telegram bot. In this case I have it set to send a passphrase to an encrypted file with all of my information to trusted individuals.

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by Imnimo »

DevX101 wrote: post #20

Anyone who's a whistleblower should compile key docs and put it in a "dead man's switch" service that releases your testimony/docs to multiple news agencies in the event of your untimely demise. The company you're whistle blowing against and their major shareholders should know this exists. Also, regularly post public video attesting to you current mental state.

Or they could just write a blog post and give interviews explaining their objections. Which this guy did. Why do you think there is some extra secret information he was withholding?

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by dr_dshiv »

Terr_ wrote: post #105
sharkjacobs wrote: post #13

http://suchir.net/fair_use.html When does generative AI qualify for fair use? by Suchir Balaji

There's also the output side: Perhaps outputs of generative AI should be ineligible for copyright.

That is the current position, weirdly enough.

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by bubaumba »

exceptione wrote: post #50
DevX101 wrote: post #20

Anyone who's a whistleblower should compile key docs and put it in a "dead man's switch" service that releases your testimony/docs to multiple news agencies in the event of your untimely demise. The company you're whistle blowing against and their major shareholders should know this exists. Also, regularly post public video attesting to you current mental state.

> multiple news agencies In the case of the US, you cannot make your selection wide enough. For optimal security, get it to both local news organizations and serious European press agencies. The US news media do not have independent editorial boards. Several titles are actually from the same house. Corporate ownership, and professionals going to the dark side via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_capture are just s…

> European press agencies

It's very naive to believe in 'European press'. To get the idea check Ukrainian war coverage. What you'll see first is how single sided it is. This cannot be a coincidence. It can be only a result of total control. I respected 'The Guardians' before, but after eyes opening it appears to be the most brainwashing and manipulative there. Very professionally done, must admit. The problem isn't just that war, it's likely everything and I have no easy way to check for example what really happened in Afghan war. Did US really won like Biden said?

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by ipython »

smt88 wrote: post #109
ipython wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Murdering a us citizen on us soil is not something any enlisted or officer would do.

They've done it before at the request of a corporation. What has changed that they wouldn't do it now? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

“The largest armed uprising since the Civil War” is a very different situation than murdering an unarmed tech dude in his house and covering it up as a suicide.

I’m not excusing murdering civilians either way.

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by xvector »

Metapost - Reading the (civilized!) comments on HN vs those on Reddit is such a contrast.

I'm a bit worried that while regulators are focusing on X/Facebook/Instagram/etc. from a moderation perspective, not one regulator seems to be looking at the increasingly extreme and unmoderated rhetoric on Reddit. People are straight up braying for murder in the comments there. I'm worried that one of the most visited sites in the US is actively radicalizing a good chunk of the population.

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Post by consumer451 »

bubaumba wrote: post #116
exceptione wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> multiple news agencies In the case of the US, you cannot make your selection wide enough. For optimal security, get it to both local news organizations and serious European press agencies. The US news media do not have independent editorial boards. Several titles are actually from the same house. Corporate ownership, and professionals going to the dark side via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_capture are just s…

> European press agencies It's very naive to believe in 'European press'. To get the idea check Ukrainian war coverage. What you'll see first is how single sided it is. This cannot be a coincidence. It can be only a result of total control. I respected 'The Guardians' before, but after eyes opening it appears to be the most brainwashing and manipulative there. Very professionally done, must admit. The problem isn't j…

> It's very naive to believe in 'European press'. To get the idea check Ukrainian war coverage. What you'll see first is how single sided it is.

This is such a wild take from my POV, a person in the EU.

Have you considered the possibility that the nearest imperialist power beginning to violently invade Europe again is likely to trigger a common reaction?

This is one of those rare cases in modern history where there is a clear right vs. wrong. What exactly do you expect the news to talk about that is less “single sided?”

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