Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman • Hacker News Board

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by littlestymaar » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #12

I don't think most people in tech are quite aware of the level of visceral AI hatred amongst non-techies. I've personally witnessed the worst Thanksgiving dinnertable fight I've ever seen (after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash), and a divorce (a very solid marriage between two people who were once b…

> after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash

Not entirely unwarranted given the track record of LLMs as a chef though:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/pak-n-save-sav...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11gzejgz4o

Of course it was two years ago and it's unlikely to happen again, but that's the drawback of the “move fast and break things” attitude: sometimes you've broken public perception and it's hard to fix afterwards.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by TehCorwiz » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #12

I don't think most people in tech are quite aware of the level of visceral AI hatred amongst non-techies. I've personally witnessed the worst Thanksgiving dinnertable fight I've ever seen (after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash), and a divorce (a very solid marriage between two people who were once b…

Well, Sam Altman and Jensen Huang are going around bragging about how many people they're going to push out of employment. Might have something to do with it.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by kelnos » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

linkage wrote: post #17

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #12

I don't think most people in tech are quite aware of the level of visceral AI hatred amongst non-techies. I've personally witnessed the worst Thanksgiving dinnertable fight I've ever seen (after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash), and a divorce (a very solid marriage between two people who were once b…

Politics really is a substitute for religion in America

In secular America at least. Most people in the US are religious, many of them fervently so.

And quite a few of them like to mix their religion with politics.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by therobots927 » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

Think occupy Wall Street but cranked up significantly.

That’s what’s coming. Like it or not.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by EGreg » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

I've been saying for years on here...

to the people on HN who are against blockchain but bullish on AI

With blockchain and smart contracts or stupid even memecoins, you can only lose what you voluntarily put in. You had to jump through a few hoops, then maybe you got rugpulled, maybe you became a millionaire.

With AI, regardless of whether you consented or not, you can lose your job, gradually your relationships and sense of purpose. And if some malicious actors want to weaponize it against you, you can lose your reputation, your freedom, get hacked at scale, and much more. The sooner we give biolabs to everyone the sooner someone can create an advanced persistent threat virus online infecting every openclaw machine, or a designer virus with an incubation period of half a year.

And I know what someone on here will always say. There will always be a comment to the effect of "this has always existed, AI is nothing new". But quantity has a quality all its own. Enjoy your AI slop internet dark forest. Until you don't.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by MontyCarloHall » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

linkage wrote: post #17

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #12

I don't think most people in tech are quite aware of the level of visceral AI hatred amongst non-techies. I've personally witnessed the worst Thanksgiving dinnertable fight I've ever seen (after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash), and a divorce (a very solid marriage between two people who were once b…

Politics really is a substitute for religion in America

Indeed, but the rage I've seen during political fights at family gatherings (and another politics-induced divorce) pales in comparison to the rage I saw in these two anecdotes. The worst political debates I've seen involved raised voices and some name calling, not spitting food and smashing plates. The only other political divorce I've seen slowly simmered over a few years after Trump was first elected, not in a literal matter of weeks.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by rambrrest » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

This will only get worse imo - regardless of how Sam is perceived - there is anger against AI which is growing amongst the people. I think we as a society need to stop and have the conversation and be more thoughtful about how we integrate AI with everything.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #12

I don't think most people in tech are quite aware of the level of visceral AI hatred amongst non-techies. I've personally witnessed the worst Thanksgiving dinnertable fight I've ever seen (after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash), and a divorce (a very solid marriage between two people who were once b…

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Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by therobots927 » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #12

I don't think most people in tech are quite aware of the level of visceral AI hatred amongst non-techies. I've personally witnessed the worst Thanksgiving dinnertable fight I've ever seen (after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash), and a divorce (a very solid marriage between two people who were once b…

Most SV people live in a bubble inside of a bubble. They don’t understand how their words come across to a significant portion of the population. If they did they would shut the fuck up.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by leosanchez » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC

linkage wrote: post #17

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #12

I don't think most people in tech are quite aware of the level of visceral AI hatred amongst non-techies. I've personally witnessed the worst Thanksgiving dinnertable fight I've ever seen (after someone revealed that their recipe was AI-generated, a couple people literally spat out the food they were enjoying and threw their plates in the trash), and a divorce (a very solid marriage between two people who were once b…

Politics really is a substitute for religion in America

Religious people can be anti-AI too.