> There was an incendiary article about me a few days ago. Someone said to me yesterday they thought it was coming at a time of great anxiety about AI and that it made things more dangerous for me.

For context his blog post seems to be a response to this deep-dive New Yorker article:

"Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?"

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659135

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davesque 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Wouldn't it be more correct to call the article "critical" and not "incendiary"? I looked it over and I don't remember seeing any calls to violence. Altman needs to remember that he holds an incredible amount of power in this moment. He and other current AI tech leaders are effectively sitting on the equivalent of a technological nuclear bomb. Anyone in their right mind would find that threatening.

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h14h 2 hours ago | parent [-]

"Critical" even feels strong. The article was essentially a collection of statements others have made about Sam.

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davesque 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Right, but the picture those statements painted collectively was not flattering. And that was certainly intended by the authors. Thus, critical, but not at all "incendiary."

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benzible 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

Are you arguing that because the authors knew the pattern they were documenting was unflattering, the piece is somehow compromised? That they clearly had an agenda? That's called reporting. They called a hundred-plus named sources and the picture those sources independently painted was damning. Altman has a history of telling repeated, easily-checked lies, followed by fresh lies when caught in the first ones.

Are you suggesting that they should have "both sides"-ed by reporting company PR and Sam-friendly sources and giving them equal weight? Sometimes the facts point in one direction.

	▲	davesque 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Are you arguing that because the authors knew the pattern they were documenting was unflattering, the piece is somehow compromised? Uh, no? Lol, I'm on your side, bud. Put away the pitchfork. I thought it was a really good and fair article. I am not the adversary you're looking for.

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eddyfromtheblok 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ronan Farrow, one of the journalists who worked on this article, talked to Katie Couric on her YouTube channel about this. They worked on this across ~18 months. I thought this interview was illuminating.

	▲	AlexCoventry 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, it was good. It seems clear that Farrow and his co-author approached it in a methodical, fair-minded way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr_sB1Hl0oM

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slater- 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Turns out the article was not in fact incendiary.

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scruple an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Incendiary. Is he trying to suggest the journalists are at fault here?

	▲	daseiner1 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"I am firm, you are obstinate, he is a pig-headed fool." https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Emotive_conjugation

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stavros 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, it's one thing to write an incendiary article, it's a very different thing to write an objective article about someone who will say anything to get what they want.

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georgemcbay 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He has to be talking about the New Yorker article, which wasn't incendiary at all. If anything, it seemed fully neutral to me, reporting what they could justify as facts but going out of their way to not specifically paint him or anyone else in a negative light beyond a listing of events that they presumably have solid sourcing on (if not, sue them; if so, stfu).

If a neutral look at your actions seems incendiary to you, maybe you need to rethink your own life and actions.

It should go without saying I don't think people should be attempting to light other people's houses on fire regardless of how distasteful they find those people.

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rozal an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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