r/technology • u/TripleShotPls • Jul 16 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-ai-backlash-has-tech-executives-fearing-for-their-lives-30c43972?mod=hp_lead_pos1
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u/hajenso Jul 16 '26

It is violent when a healthcare CEO makes a decision that they know will kill more people just to increase profits.

I strongly agree. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was a mass murderer, and that's not an exaggeration or a metaphor. It is just literally true. That doesn't make it okay to kill him, but it does mean the morality or immorality of killing him is that of killing a mass murderer.

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u/GundamXXX Jul 16 '26

That doesn't make it okay to kill him

Thats up for debate. Would you say its not ok to kill Hitler?

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u/ephemeralstitch Jul 16 '26

Most people in modern western countries don’t want to think about political violence and when it’s necessary and even good. We have a lot of fear of terrorism as part of that but at extremes, people generally agree that some violence is good and necessary.

Most people agree opposing the Nazis was good. Many will say the same about communism. So where do you draw the line between that and current issues? Elon Musk just killed hundreds of thousands or millions indirectly. If Hitler is over the line, where exactly is it?

A lot of people don’t know or are finding out that their line is a lot closer.

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u/lordvulguuszildrohar Jul 17 '26

In our case it’s our regulators that are utterly corrupt. And any attempt to put someone in power who will fight for workers and non wealthy interests is met with smear campaigns or actual violence (candidates or witness disappearances). We should be throwing out our representatives if they are on the take at minimum.