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Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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I’m pretty sure if someone sexually assaulted my child or murdered them I’d be more than morally justified to get a few or a lot of punches in. Some people are treated a whole lot better than others in prison.

Are the parents of an Iranian nuclear scientist murdered by an OpenAI-powered drone morally justified to murder Sam Altman?

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Didn’t we just go through several weeks of hearing about OpenAI allowing its tech to be used for conducting warfare? Not saying that justifies harming Altman but I am confused that he seems surprised he is now in physical danger? [Or chalks it up to just some single specific incendiary article rather than the companies actual actions?] If you involve yourself in the act of killing people then, yeah, you’re going to g…

When was the last time a molotov cocktail was thrown at the house of an arms manufacturer?

Trump and other presidents literally started wars and ordered people to be killed. When was the last time they were physically attacked?

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Not ok, but anybody who is ok with terrorizing, say, an Iranian civilian nuclear scientist ought to be equally indifferent to this.

I’m not indifferent to either of them, but if you equate American tech executives with agents of the Iranian nuclear programme then I don’t care what you have to say on any subject ever

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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> If you say it’s valid and not a war crime for the US to assassinate former political Iranian figures and their families for aiding the new regime and therefore becoming enemy combatants in the eye of the US Military, it’s also valid to assassinate Altman and his family for doing the same to the other war party. Sam isn't a political leader, so this comparison is flawed. What the hell, are we really arguing about if…

People on this forum applauded Charlie Kirk’s murder too. Unfortunately theres a number of people here who believe it’s okay to murder instead of argue with words. Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

People on this forum often confuse not crying for the death of an evil racist white supremacist fascist with applauding their death.

> Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

Agreed, just look how the US handled Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and now Venezuela and Iran.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Those are the people betting on a business model of “create Robot God and ask him for money.” Why pay attention to them?

There are many people who have been saying this far there was any sort of business model in place.

Yes, and their business model has been selling books about non-falsifiable predictions far out into the future. “Futurists” like Kurzweil are as reliable as astrologists, and should be taken just as seriously.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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post #628

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> If you say it’s valid and not a war crime for the US to assassinate former political Iranian figures and their families for aiding the new regime and therefore becoming enemy combatants in the eye of the US Military, it’s also valid to assassinate Altman and his family for doing the same to the other war party. Sam isn't a political leader, so this comparison is flawed. What the hell, are we really arguing about if…

People on this forum applauded Charlie Kirk’s murder too. Unfortunately theres a number of people here who believe it’s okay to murder instead of argue with words. Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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I have many disagreements with Sam Altman. But physical attacks are never the answer. Especially attacking one's family.

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Attacking Sam and his family will only cause harm to one family.

What Sam is doing with ICE, DoW, etc is harming tens of millions around the globe.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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It is fair to be critical of Sam and other tech leaders regarding AI, but he has done nothing to begin to justify violence or even the threat of violence against him or his family.

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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It is fair to be critical of Sam and other tech leaders regarding AI, but he has done nothing to begin to justify violence or even the threat of violence against him or his family.

Agreed! Have you heard of Suchir Balaji?

Holy shit how is this the first time I am hearing about this? This should not be my first time hearing about this.

> Suchir Balaji (November 21, 1998 – November 26, 2024) was an American artificial intelligence researcher who was found dead one month after accusing OpenAI, his former employer, of violating United States copyright law -Wikipedia

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