AI anxiety is turning volatile

After a Molotov attack on Sam Altman’s home and threats against OpenAI, a fringe but intensifying strain of AI fear is spilling into the real world.

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Is the Altman firebomb just the start of extreme doomer violence?

On April 10, someone threw a molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house in San Francisco. The alleged assailant, 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, didn’t stop there. He then went to OpenAI’s headquarters and told the security guards there that he intended to burn down the building and everyone inside. Two days later, someone allegedly fired two shots........

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