As always, it's the intent that matters.

For the sake of argument, what if Amazon decided tomorrow that they would secure exclusive contracts with all food suppliers and then hoard all the food to starve out the people they don't want to have it? Or at least, drive up the price of food so it becomes completely unaffordable? I know people can simply grow their own food so it's a bit different, but hopefully it gets the point across. It's anti-trust on an unprecedented level.

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ikeashark 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

But OpenAI legitimately needs HBM. Amazon in this instance doesn't need food and is doing purely to create artificial scarcity. If OpenAI were to actually not use the HBM then it could mean something.

	▲	hodgehog11 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's the whole problem: it's unlikely that OpenAI will actually use all of that HBM. It seems probable that they are using it to create artificial scarcity for their competitors.
	▲	doctorwho42 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"needs" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in your argument...

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back_to_basics 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"As always, it's the intent that matters."

That's certainly not a universal Legal Standard. If I'm harmed, but you didn't "intend" to harm me, does that nullify my Claim?

Hardly.

	▲	hodgehog11 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		IANAL, but yes, I believe it can nullify the claim. Bumping into someone on the sidewalk is only battery if the prosecution demonstrates intent to harm.
	▲	lovich 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Lack of intent doesn’t mean your claim is nullified. “Intent matters” means it’s taken into account when deciding what damages were wrought
	▲	unethical_ban 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, degrees of murder, hate crimes.

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squigz 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> I know people can simply grow their own food

Small thing, but this is not simple or realistic at all. How does someone in an apartment grow enough food for their family?

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hodgehog11 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah it would definitely still be a problem, but history shows that life finds a way. Even if everyone has to eat nothing but planted potatoes from any patch of grass that one can lay eyes on.

	▲	squigz a day ago \| parent [-]
		What history has taught us is that life finds a way by staying together and each person having their function within society, only some of which is growing or producing food.