• @TheFriar@lemm.ee
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        264 months ago

        And American cops are all too happy to take one less murder case if there’s any room to say it was a suicide. They’re not looking to add unsolved murders, especially ones that implicate he most powerful companies and men in the world.

  • @Elgenzay@lemmy.ml
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    1194 months ago

    Balaji’s parents claim to have evidence from their independent investigation, such as ballistic evidence from the private autopsy, which they claim shows a downwards bullet travel path that would be impossible by a self-administered gunshot. Balaji’s parents also claim that a tuft of wig hair found at the scene that did not belong to Suchir represents unexplained evidence.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchir_Balaji#Skepticism_and_calls_for_further_investigation

  • misterdoctor
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    624 months ago

    Indeed, Balaji’s death — of a self-inflicted gunshot, per the San Francisco County Medical Examiner’s report — had become a focal point in debates over AI ethics, corporate accountability, and the dangers faced by whistleblowers in Silicon Valley. Whether these things become disentangled now remains to be seen.

    Bet they don’t

  • Da Cap’nOP
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    534 months ago

    Can someone fill me in on the missing info here…

    How is it that Zuck has been busted (basically) for training his ai on 80TB of pirated materials via torrents and it seems to be getting swept under the rug, yet this poor guy points out Sam Altman doing the same and he’s suicided?

  • @reksas@sopuli.xyz
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    414 months ago

    if you plan to whistleblow something, always plan it thoroughly so you cant be silenced by being murdered.

    • @Hazor@lemmy.world
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      And make it abundantly clear to everyone that you’re not suicidal. Record videos with date stamps. Send date stamped letters by mail to friends, with instructions to retain the letters indefinitely, and perhaps which are clearly marked “to be opened in the event of my death”. The letters should say something along the lines of “I am not suicidal. I do not want to die. I am not going to kill myself under any circumstances. If I die, it was not by suicide. I want to live. I have ABC reasons to live. I have XYZ plans for the future.” Etc.

      Keep multiple copies of the information in multiple locations, and make sure multiple people know where a copy is. Ideally, have a dead-man’s switch set up, or someone you trust to do it, to automatically send all the information to all the major news outlets if you do turn up dead, along with a statement akin to the letter outlined above to make it clear you were murdered.

      • Cadenza
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        134 months ago

        I’m not sure it’s in those exact terms, but I think there were a few cases with high levels of preparation. Ended up being ruled as suicides anyway by the courts and the media. Not saying they’ll always win, though. But their idealogical power is not to underestimate.

        A minister in my country was deemed to have committed suicide by drowning in a 50cm body of water. Strangely enough, all witnesses have committed suicide too just before being heard by the courts.

        And it worked. Everybody know it wasn’t a suicide, but it changes nothing for those responsible of the murder.

        • @CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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          104 months ago

          Didn’t the boeing guy pretty explicitly state that he was not suicidal to family and friends right before he died?

    • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      114 months ago

      The point is like Russian point. It isn’t just to silence you so trouble goes away that the whistle-blower was involved with. It’s to silence other potential whistle-blowers. It’s too send a message.

      • @Bacano@lemmy.world
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        74 months ago

        Yeah I read somewhere that, in Russian culture, the more absurd the cover up story the more insulting it is meant to be for the victim.

        Like if someone “shot themselves 3 times in the back of the head then fell out of a window”. Maybe Epstein fits into that too

      • @CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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        44 months ago

        We got some of it, its just that killer drones and SI aren’t as cool on this side of the screen, and the cyberware is only for rich people (though there is a growing 3D printed movement for amputees) That said with some craft skills we can at least make the cool punk armor and kneepads and have it be reasonably functional, even deploy a blade if you’re ambitious, though more predator than mantis in that regard.

        Be the change you want to see.

      • @SilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.net
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        74 months ago

        Yeah, I think the constant barrage of bad news that you have no control over is too much. I’m spending more of my free time this year volunteering locally, mostly for selfish reasons like mental health and distraction from Politics.

        Also, given how things are heading, this might be one of our last decent years for spending time outside. So, I’m making an effort to enjoy it while I can.

    • @gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      13 months ago

      What kind of info do you think they could have had? With boeing, it’s probably something about corruption, pocketing state subsidy money that should have gone to actual projects, or something similar.

  • @Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world
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    184 months ago

    I’ll throw a wild one out there. OpenAI didn’t do it. Maybe Elon is in on this one. Makes OpenAI look shady after their recent rebuff of his shit and gives the media something else to chew on while he’s dismantling our government with the cheeto emperor.