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Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by DrProtic »

nickvec wrote: post #178
boznz wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do, because the alternative is unthinkable.

I would argue that "abundance and growing the pie for everyone" is even more unfathomable given how things are structured currently. The wealth gap will continue to widen until something gives.

Can’t believe your comment is being downvoted.

Covid clearly showed how crisis can only benefit the rich and powerful.

AI being used to cut the headcount can somehow be, good? It will just fill the pockets of the powerful.

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Post by 2dfs »

bombcar wrote: post #96
0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #40

One thing I have idly wondered is how much do the ultra rich protect themselves from theft or kidnapping. Is it just not a real concern? If Taylor Swift owns a dozen homes, does she have full time security guards at each one? Or just accept some amount of burglary may occur? Do they go everywhere with a guard? Only to public events?

It varies and they don't talk about it (obviously) but you can glean things from various sources. The more "public" the ultra rich are, the more they'll have security, especially noticeable security. The silent or unknown ones will often still have something (usually a requirement of their or their company's insurance). Once you graduate from "2, 3, 5 houses" to "mansions" you will have staff at each one, even if rel…

Yeah but theyre useless if a large organised group shows up.

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Post by oatmeal1 »

strongpigeon wrote: post #36

It is a bit scary how people seem to genuinely be OK with violence (see this reddit thread [0]). Is just me or does it feel like the overall "temperature" has gone up. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1shugf8/firebomb_t...

People are okay with violence when democratic means (if first past the post even counts) do not solve their problems.

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Post by hnthrowaway0315 »

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #40

One thing I have idly wondered is how much do the ultra rich protect themselves from theft or kidnapping. Is it just not a real concern? If Taylor Swift owns a dozen homes, does she have full time security guards at each one? Or just accept some amount of burglary may occur? Do they go everywhere with a guard? Only to public events?

For a start, they have bodyguards and rarely go into public without the right protection. They also went through a huge amount putting up security and cybersecurity (like I know one who sets up so many hops between endpoints that Microsoft banned his account). Even most of their employees don't know where they are and where they plan to be, unless they choose to do so. Ofc I guess there is always a way to probe, but people who do random killing rarely has the skills/mental to do that.

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Post by 2dfs »

linkage wrote: post #94
smt88 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> face of AI amongst low-information luddites This is condescending and unfair. Altman, OpenAI, and the media have spent years making Altman the face of AI. His company has (by far) the largest market cap, does the most deals, and has the most users. I suspect Anthropic/Claude will become as much of a household name as ChatGPT, but it's not even close yet. ChatGPT is almost a generic term for AI chatbots at the momen…

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Lol Scott and Jereome have no idea about the underlying tech. Its a nice hype storm for Anthropic.

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Post by lazyasciiart »

strongpigeon wrote: post #36

It is a bit scary how people seem to genuinely be OK with violence (see this reddit thread [0]). Is just me or does it feel like the overall "temperature" has gone up. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1shugf8/firebomb_t...

Well, dropping bombs and threatening to end a civilization certainly made me think the temperature had gone up. I’m not sure I think a single attempted act against some guy is worth being worried by against that backdrop.

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Post by newspaper1 »

strongpigeon wrote: post #36

It is a bit scary how people seem to genuinely be OK with violence (see this reddit thread [0]). Is just me or does it feel like the overall "temperature" has gone up. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1shugf8/firebomb_t...

After watching children literally be liquified in Gaza for two years, violence directed at Sam Altman doesn’t even move the needle. Our entire human rights framework what obliterated by Israel (with the blessing and support of the US and Europe).

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Post by archagon »

boznz wrote: post #37

I guess this is what we get when the media and politicians go all in with their AI populist hate. I don't think I've seen a positive AI headline outside of the tech press, and even then they are pretty thin. Abundance and growing the pie for everyone is also an outcome if this is done right.

I think the media and politicians are reflecting popular sentiment, not the other way around.
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