OpenAI says CEO Sam Altman's house was targeted with a Molotov cocktail

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-molotov-cocktail-house-headquarters-rcna273694

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extremeboredom@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 161d (5 replies)

I'm surprised there isn't more of this going on. Imagine if all of these folks suddenly experienced similar visits bearing similar flaming gifts, all in the space of a day or so.

MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app · 16 pts · 161d (4 replies)

We did also get a toilet paper warehouse fire.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 161d (2 replies)

AND a dead CEO.

It's ramping up, and it's starting to come apart. If they don't pivot from Trickle Down Economics to Trickle Up Economics, we're going to spontaneously pivot to a Robin Hood Economy, and that often comes accompanied by revolution, guns, and guillotines. The Sociopathic Oligarchs won't like that one bit.

cybervseas@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 161d (1 reply)

Five Guys CEO figured it's better to be alive than rich(er).

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 161d

Can't enjoy your money when your dead.

atropa@piefed.social · 1 pts · 161d
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aramis87@fedia.io · 34 pts · 161d

First Luigi, now this guy. lol

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 161d (2 replies)

It is a shame that he didn't happen to be at the gate of his obnoxiously large house.

We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 161d (1 reply)

I'd love to see his legal defense be:

I threw it at the gate because it was just a message. If I wanted to kill him I'd have _____.

Cuz like...

Realistically throwing a moltov at a (presumably) metal gate isn't the same as attempted murder.

If I was on a jury, that'd be enough for me to say "not guilty" at least.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 161d

I wonder if he'd written a death threat in chalk on the ground, if that would be a greater or lesser crime?

What about "burn, baby, burn!"? Would that count as equal death threat to "Imma murderize you!"?

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 161d

I said it before, ill say it again. ¯\(ツ)

vegeta@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 161d

were any plumbers spotted in the neighborhood?

tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 161d

Why only one?

roserose56@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 161d

In other news, USA is killing kids. But Sam is more interesting news! Who cares about Sam?

Akh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 161d

Oh no…. Anyways…

StoneyPicton@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 161d (7 replies)
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MolochHorridus@piefed.social · 11 pts · 161d

Exactly. Do it properly the first time, please.

But don’t burn down houses. It’s bad for the environment and there might be innocent animals inside. Torch the tech bros.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 161d (2 replies)

Fine, let them hide in their underground bunkers. We'll just seal off the air vents, and pump liquid nitrogen in there until we don't detect any sound. Then just leave them there in their unmarked tombs, forever.

frongt@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 161d (1 reply)

We don't even need to do anything once they hide. Just let them stay down there with their limited supplies.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 161d

Nah, then they can emerge when things are safe, and start fucking things up again.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 161d

Netflix had an amazing show about that, but cancelled it like a week after season 1 premiered.

https://time.com/7317998/billionaires-bunker-ending-explained/

Tldw:

Billonaires think the world is ending and scamper to a bunker.

Twist is that the world isn't ending, people fucked over by billionaires decided to stage a fake apocalypse and use AI to impersonate them and steal all their money.

And no one cares about the wealthy outside of immediate family, so no one asks questions.

I think it wasn't just stealing the money, but immediately using it to actually help people.

Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 5 pts · 161d

Good. Let's prepare the concrete for their air holes.

athatet@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 161d

Digging their own graves.

Monstrosity@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 161d

If this was Reddit this entire thread would be nuked. So refreshing!

acxyzzy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 161d

Aaron Swartz, among others, thought Altman was an untrustworthy sociopath. There's a long article in the New Yorker about this. I didn't read it, but Gruber did: https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/when_he_is_alive_and_not_after_he_is_dead

mr_eckneim@feddit.org · 4 pts · 160d

Mudman@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 161d

What would be the motive for him to stage this event?

ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 161d

HexParte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 161d

lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 160d

But his house didn’t do anything wrong!