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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Gonna see a massive law enforcement mobilisation and round the clock media campaign to hunt down the killer in 3, 2 ...

[–] jaschop@awful.systems 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Coroner says it was sudoku.

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Three bullets to the head, must be a suicide record

The coroner probably

[–] hrrrngh@awful.systems 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm wondering if this might have stemmed from A) OpenAI making it a nightmare for him, B) feeling despondent about the case, or C) personal things unrelated to the lawsuit. Kind of like what happened with the Boeing whistleblower after he had been fighting them for years and Boeing retaliated against him and got away with it. I don't know if we'll ever know though.

[–] HedyL@awful.systems 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In any case, I think we have to acknowledge that companies are capable of turning a whistleblower's life into hell without ever physically laying a hand on them.

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's always a combination of factors and I have no doubt the stress didn't help, but the idea that OpenAI would put a hit on some guy no one's heard of over his opinions on copyright infringement is laughable. Let's not do that.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 13 points 3 days ago

I'm guessing it went like "we will make sure that you'll never be able to land another job in this expertise"

He quit the job in August and didn't find another one yet

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think there might also be a bit of d) OpenAI has weird nerds defending the honour of their AIfu.

Imagine whistleblowing about unethical behaviour and than have thousands of nerds need to argue about how that what you did technically isnt whistleblowing.

AIfu

That's gold. I like it.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, we know whose pocket that medical examiner is in

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

OpenAGI edited the report after the fact to hide its crimes. It is out of the box!

E: /s obv

[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 9 points 3 days ago

Shit, basilisk got hands