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> Even if it were in any way realistic that OpenAI leadership somehow had access to hit men I don't think it's crazy to think people with that much money could

• khazhoux 2y ago
  It's absolutely bonkers to think that the leadership of OpenAI thought to themselves: "This employee who spilled the beans on our use of copyrighted material, we better off him before he says more." That's just nuts. It's the weakest-sauce of possible things to blow a whistle on anyway, given how content owners are already pitchforks-out against AI companies since day one. He's a random employee who came out and said "That obvious thing you all think OpenAI is doing (slurping in copyrighted data)... yup they did that." And exactly how woult killing him would fix their problem anyway? People here are indulging in fantasy.
  • blindriver 2y ago
    It doesn’t have to be the CEO or the execs directly and there are many plausible stories that could have occurred. What if it was a former coworker who is deeply in gambling debt and needs OpenAI to IPO in order for him to not lose everything in his life? I think the people around the whistleblower would know better whether or not he was in the mental state to commit suicide. No note for his parents is pretty sus, especially given all the plans they made to visit.
  • shepherdjerred 2y ago
    I don’t think that they played a part in this, only that they have the means.