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Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by malfist » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

GOD_Over_Djinn wrote: post #257

strongpigeon wrote: post #116

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I think you're extrapolating a lot from my comment... One can reasonably think something has to be done to address the current (and upcoming) economic situation and think that molotov cocktails won't help. Acts like these will likely make things much worse before settling into a new situation that's probably just slightly worse.

The legal system is owned from top to bottom by the ruling class. You will not be able to use it to loosen their death grip on society. They will not allow it.

And if that's not enough that they own the legal system, they've also setup a shadow legal system where they have even more control called arbitration

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by ChoGGi » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

kube-system wrote: post #218

ironman1478 wrote: post #65

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There are stories about insurance companies using AI when determining if a claim should be let through or denied. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/healthcare/2026/03/...

That is scary but the methods traditionally used to deny claims aren't really any better. I've had claims denied after they were explicitly pre-approved because of string literals not matching exactly.

My aunt worked for an insurance company while she was semi-retiring as a doc, she lasted a few months before she was too disgusted to continue.

AI isn't needed for insurance to fuck anyone over.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by GOD_Over_Djinn » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

pixel_popping wrote: post #91

therobots927 wrote: post #60

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1. Americans need a job to get healthcare 2. Robots take away jobs from Americans and the proceeds to go the owner (investor) class 3. Americans no longer have healthcare Understand?

I understand (I'm not from the US), however, wouldn't healthcare in the US would get drastically cheaper (even eventually free?) if hospitals/clinics were composed of humanoids instead of humans?

No, they wouldn’t get cheaper. The profit margins in the healthcare industry would get bigger.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by kbelder » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

sophacles wrote: post #122

strongpigeon wrote: post #116

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I think you're extrapolating a lot from my comment... One can reasonably think something has to be done to address the current (and upcoming) economic situation and think that molotov cocktails won't help. Acts like these will likely make things much worse before settling into a new situation that's probably just slightly worse.

Wondering why people might want to resist their lives becoming worse at all just so some assholes can gloat about how much richer they became is literally the same as asking why they can't just eat cake. Thinking something should be done, means nothing is being done. The poor in france didn't start with bread riots. They begged and pleaded and asked nicely first, and while lots of people thought something should be d…

>...is literally the same as asking why they can't just eat cake.

You are unequivocally wrong. You probably mean 'similar' instead of 'literally the same'.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by malfist » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

closeparen wrote: post #223

nothinkjustai wrote: post #66

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I don’t think it’s surprising - some people already consider the actions of AI execs and tech companies to be synonymous to violence. Like, comparing something like this to destroying the livelihoods of millions of people, a lot of people would consider the latter far worse. Temperature is certainly going up, but it definitely hasn’t reached historic levels yet lol.

I do not think that marketing products and services that do useful work is “violence.”

Useful work like selecting an all girls school in Iran for triple taps?

Useful work like generating mountains of deepfake misinformation?

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by kube-system » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #235

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…

I operate in at least one social circle that is heavily not-technical (local politics) and I do not see this at all.

My experience is somewhat in the middle -- I see educated non-technical people who are strongly against AI because they see it as polluting, "wasting water", and harmful to society. Although many use it anyway.

I could totally believe uneducated or less well-adjusted people reacting in the above way, though.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by yoyohello13 » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

strongpigeon wrote: post #95

mghackerlady wrote: post #82

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People are apathetic at this point. When a large amount of americans can barely afford to live while threatened with replacement while the economy booms on the backs of their claimed obsolescence, they don't care that a billionaire could've gotten hurt, especially when that billionaire is working against their interests.

I mean, it's also scary because I don't think it works. People should demand a new deal and lobby for that. Throwing molotovs doesn't help with that.

> People should demand a new deal and lobby for that.

Lol, really? You think there is any chance of that happening in this current political climate? Any whisper at all of rights for workers is immediately shot down as Godless Communist rhetoric.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by sleepybrett » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

classified wrote: post #163

pixel_popping wrote: post #161

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Let's talk about it again in 5 years, but 1-2 years from now, at the very least, coding will be over in the sense that the best models will do it better than the best (or the 99.99%). I don't think I'm hallucinating no, when my own work went from coding+managing+bunch of other stuff to just orchestrating and my output is just insanely higher and I literally have a bunch of friends that went from coding 8h a day to ju…

> in 5 years That's literally the same argument that the blockchain gurus made, and each following year it was still 5 years in the future. I'm getting strong Real Soon Now™ vibes.

or elson and fsd.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

2dfs wrote: post #240

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #194

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It’s a distinct minority. They’re convinced they’re the majority because everyone they talk to is in the same bubble, especially online. I saw the same thing with Mangione and Kirk and Pelosi.

I think youre misreading it entirely, doesnt surprise me given that you're a VC. Here's one of the posts on that thread: "I mean one thing is to use AI or even ChatGPT as a product, and another is being aware of how billionaires treat the rest of the people As for Sam, he also has pretty controversial views for how this whole thing will pan out and how he doesn't give a shit about the consequences it might have for t…

> whilst having a distasteful view of the leaders of the industry

I have a tremendously distasteful view of a lot of Silicon Valley leadership. Doesn’t mean I want them to suffer at the hands of vigilante justice.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by pesus » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #194

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...

It’s a distinct minority. They’re convinced they’re the majority because everyone they talk to is in the same bubble, especially online. I saw the same thing with Mangione and Kirk and Pelosi.

Do you spend much time with people not in the tech world? I think you'd be surprised how many people hold similar sentiments, even if not to such an extreme, especially once you talk to people in the real world. I've heard far more support for this sort of thing in real life than I have online due to fear of repercussions.

Hell, even the president regularly calls for and promotes violence, so I don't think it's that much of a minority. The US was founded on it, after all.