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Misguided ‘doomers’ celebrating assassins online need to learn how to debate, rather than encourage evil ghouls

Attempts have been made on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s life not once, but twice, just in the month of April. Then on Saturday a madman trying to assassinate President Donald Trump, the third known attempt, was thwarted in Washington DC.

Worryingly, the response online isn’t condemnation — for some, it’s a sick celebration. 

“I kinda like it,” one anonymous Reddit user responded to news someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s house on April 10.

“After all those s—ty decisions [Altman] made… practically giving us a middle finger… I don’t feel any semblance of sympathy for him,” the poster added of the OpenAI boss, whose ChatGPT program is the most commonly used AI tool in the US.  

“Keep em coming,” another chimed in to the online thread. And a third, “Good on you, best news I’ve heard all day.”

AI “doomers,” convinced artificial intelligence will displace jobs or even destroy humanity are, incredibly, rallying around Altman’s 20-year-old accused attacker. On April 10, Daniel Moreno-Gama allegedly attempted to kill Altman at his home in San Francisco with a Molotov cocktail, before trying to burn down OpenAI’s headquarters. He has since been charged with attempted murder.

On Instagram, comments with thousands of likes celebrated the attack. “I hope that Molotov is okay,” one user joked. Another asked, “Where can we support their bail fund?” Others wrote,........

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