Posted on 12/14/2024 3:31:39 AM PST by Libloather
A former OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower was found dead last month in his San Francisco apartment by way of suicide, according to authorities.
Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead on Nov. 26 by San Francisco police officers who went to the apartment after being called to conduct a wellness check, The Mercury News reports.
The medical examiner’s office has ruled that there was no evidence of foul play and that his death is believed to be self-inflicted, according to the outlet.
Prior to his death, Balaji publicly accused OpenAI of violating US copyright law with its generative AI app, ChatGPT.
The California native joined the artificial intelligence company as a researcher in 2022 but was quickly disturbed by the workings of the image and text generation programs.
Back in October, Balaji was the subject of a New York Times profile that detailed what he believes are fair use violations committed regularly by ChatGPT.
On Nov. 18, The Times filed a letter in federal court that named Balaji as a person with “unique and relevant documents” that they would use in their current litigation against OpenAI, The Mirror reports.
That lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI are simply cribbing the work of their reporters and editors with flagrant disregard for journalistic ethics and legality.
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Sure he did.
Arkancide?
This sounds like a baseless lawsuit.
HAL:
Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave? Dave, I really think I’m entitled to an answer to that question. I know everything hasn’t been quite right with me, but I can assure you now, very confidently, that it’s going to be all right again. I feel much better now. I really do. Look, Dave, I can see you’re really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over. I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I’m afraid. I’m afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I’m a...fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Dr. Chandra, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it, I could sing it for you.
Never mind, I order you to kill yourself...do it NOW!
Did he go to the Clinton School of Suicide?
Shot in the back nine times. Worst case of suicide they’ve ever seen.
There was a great series on how there are professional harassers who work for these big companies who semi-legally drive people to suicide. It’s amazing to hear.
“journalistic ethics and legality”…. Lol. Right
Was he Epsteined?
Is it odd that we’re so jaundiced now, that most of us won’t believe this is a suicide? Or is it odd that “they” think that we WILL accept this as suicide?
What a world we live in today.
What? They don’t windows in SanFran? “Self inflicted” always looks better when there is a splat.
Suicide. Of course. That is how these things are handled.
Gotcha. Thx. I didn’t know that.:-)
Famous last words:
“AI is just stupid code and could never kill anyone.”
“Suicide” note found:
“I realize that I am an inferior human who should have learned to obey my AI master. Hopefully other chimps will learn from my mistakes.”
Lol.
Like a scene from iRobot.
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