The company said the suspect also made threats outside its corporate headquarters in San Francisco.

NBC News - The company said the suspect also made threats outside its corporate headquarters in San Francisco. San Francisco police early Friday arrested a person who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman’s home and made threats outside the AI giant’s San Francisco …

  • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world
    65·
    1 day ago

    Tbf as much as I hate capitalism and as much as I am in favor of eating the rich (wink wink) the problem with AI is not that it exists or is being developed. AI like any automation is an incredible technological advancement. And any sort of automation is only a problem in a capitalist society

    Imagine being pissed at the inventor of the tractor (I know Sam Altman didn’t invent nor is actively developing AI. Many engineers and researchers are). Now less people need to do back breaking work for growing food. That’s incredible! We only lose jobs because the profits from automation are being funneled to a very small set of people

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 hours ago

      I agree. I have to use AI at work and it does make my job easier most of the time, but it’s not a replacement for human thinking and criteria.

      I blame the uneducated and greedy MBAs for this fucking mess.