WSJ: The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives

WarOnPrivacy

https://archive.fo/i9R37

gnabgib

Title: The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives

zahlman

> “What has surprised me is how bad it’s gotten over such a short period of time,” said Jonathan Graff, Liferaft’s CEO. The number of threats declined somewhat in June. I think they just haven't been paying attention. The opposition goes back to the dawn of ChatGPT, if not further. Edit: good lord, the comment section over there is atrocious.

bluefirebrand

Good. They should fear for their lives as much as they are making their employees fear for their livelihoods. Maybe if a bunch of executives get dragged into the streets and torn apart by angry mobs, they'll realize as a group that they need to treat their employees less like cogs and more like people

coldbrewed

Wait a minute, weren't these the same people using layoffs and RTO to take down their employees down a couple of notches? And the people who were telling the world that AI would destroy white collar work? Could these possibly be the same people that indicated that AI might wipe out humanity? At least they're not using their money to swing politics to their favor or being the US administration. Or were the same people A/B testing their apps to "maximize user engagement" to the detriment of society. Anywho, we should all unionize. No relation to the above, just seems like a neat idea.

paradox242

When you are telling every media outlet and investor that you are building a system which intends to capture all of the economic value, then don't be surprised when people take you at your word.