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OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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No. Anytime someone potentially possesses information that is damning to a company and that person is killed… the low probability of such an even being a random coincidence is quite low. It is so low such that it is extremely reasonable to consider the potential for an actual assassination while not precluding that a coincidence is a possibility.

Computer the probability, don’t make claims without making a solid estimate. No, it’s not low. No need to put conspiracies before evidence, and certainly not by making claims you’ve not done no diligence on. And the article provides statements by professionals who routinely investigate homicides and suicides that they have no reason to believe anything other than suicide.

Who the hell can compute a number from this? All probabilities on this case are made with a gut.

Why don’t you tell me the probability instead of demanding one from me? You’re the one making a claim that professional judgment makes the probability so solid that it’s basically a suicide. So tell me about your computation.

What gets me is the level of stupid you have to be to not even consider the other side. Like if a person literally tells you he’s not going to suicide and if he does it’s an assassination then he suicides and your first instinct is to only trust what the professionals say well… I can’t help you.

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TBH, I'm kind of paranoid about CIA and FBI. Last time I travelled to the US on holiday, I was worried somebody would attempt to neutralize me because of my involvement in crypto. I don't think I have delusions of grandeur, I worry that the cost of exterminating people algorithmically could become so low that they could decide to start taking out small fries in batches. A lot of narratives which would have sounded in…

> I worry that the cost of exterminating people algorithmically could become so low that they could decide to start taking out small fries in batches. My guess is that the cost of taking out a small fry today is already extremely low, and a desperate low-life could be hired for less than $1000 to kill a random person that doesn't have a security detail.

You're leaving out the cost of getting caught with risk factored in.

Also, if targeting small individuals, it's rarely one individual that's the issue, but a whole group. When Stalin or Hitler started systematically exterminating millions of people, it was essentially done algorithmically. The costs became very low for them to target whole groups of people.

I suspect that once you have the power of life or death over individuals, you automatically hold such power over large groups. Because you need a corrupt structure and once the structure is corrupt to that extent there is no clear line between 1 person and 1 million persons.

Also I suspect only one or a handful of individuals can have such power because otherwise such crimes can be used as a bait and trap by political opponents. Without absolute power, the risk of getting caught and prosecuted always exists.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_law_in_the_United_States

So there isn’t a legal distinction regarding fast/slow metal after all. Well that revelation certainly makes me question your legal analysis about copyright.

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So there isn’t a legal distinction regarding fast/slow metal after all. Well that revelation certainly makes me question your legal analysis about copyright.

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“Slow” doesn’t show up when I do a ctrl+F, so again, it seems like you’re just confused about how the law works?

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> Before others post about the definition of whistleblower or talk about assassination theories just pause to consider whether, if in his position, you would that want that to be written about you or a friend. Yes, if I was a few months away from giving the court a statement and I "suicided" myself, I'd rather have people tribulate about how my death happened than expect to take the suicide account without much push.…

> But it's not clear from the article how critical this guy is in the upcoming lawsuits If he was the key piece to the lawsuit the lawsuit wouldn't really have legs. To get the ball rolling someone like him would have to be critical but after they're able to get the ball rolling and get discovery if after all that all you have is one guy saying there is copyright infringement you've not found anything. And realistica…

each missing piece weakens the case

Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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Unfortunately, many whistleblowers don't take proper precautions to release information that will make them a target. QubesOS, disposable laptop, faraday cage, and never work from home. https://www.qubes-os.org/

Why do you need the Faraday cage?

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> 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 i…

>This is one of those rare cases in modern history where there is a clear right vs. wrong. There is no right or wrong in politics.

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Re: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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If I die in the midst of whistleblowing, I hereby give permission for everyone to not ignore that fact.

Sure seems like this is happening more frequently, eg with the Boeing guy. So it’s reasonable to ask why. If you look at Aaron Schwartz for example you see they don’t have to assassinate you, they just have so many lawyers, making so many threats, with so much money/power behind them, people feel scared and powerless. I don’t think OpenAI called in a hit job, but I think they spent millions of dollars to drive him in…

that's just assassination with extra steps
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