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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 156 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Good. These execs fucked with our lives and killed a lot of people. Let's see how they like living in fear of retaliation.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 41 points 2 days ago

Remember what the Praetorian Guards would do when they demanded a pay raise and didn't get one.

[–] IamBlank@lemmy.zip 51 points 2 days ago (21 children)

They should be afraid. Luigi was just.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 109 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They were using sci-fi as their inspiration and the hype for selling their stuff and never bothered to also check the downsides portrayed in the same literature. It's a classic gonk move to be expected from corpo scum.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 74 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Torment_Nexus

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 75 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TIL that someone tried to firebomb Sam Altman. Hero! ✊

BTW, such reactions are partly self-inflicted:

As the fight over AI data centers heats up, some polls have shown that AI is less popular with Americans than Immigration and Customs Enforcement. People fear that AI will result in mass layoffs, a further consolidation of wealth and power, or even a catastrophic apocalypse — outcomes that many leaders in the AI industry have issued warnings about.

In an effort to make AI more appealing, one should add.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

...someone tried to firebomb Sam Altman.

That guy wasn't trying to firebomb anything. He was following ChatGPT's receipe for risotto. He can't be blamed for simply following the instructions that he was given.

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 68 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Tech execs have had armed bodyguards for a long time. There was a scandal in Santa Clara county where the sheriff accepted bribes to issue concealed-carry certs for bodyguards.

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[–] steveLeo@lemmy.zip 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They better build their walls high

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

using china's efforts as the carrot on a stick isnt the goad they think it is

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Why do people go after the execs when the board of directors is the ones making the shitty decisions?

Because the majority of share holders making those decisions are executives in their own right.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You mean they are just following orders?

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

many execs are either on, heavily influence, or will become a part of the board.

when killing a snake you can't just cut off the head, you have to bury it as well.

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[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You could, I don’t know, just spit-balling here, stop being a greedy, lying, insufferable prick.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tech Execs only have to be unlucky once.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Modern day mobsters with thugs.

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