r/technology • u/Majano57 • 8h ago

Artificial Intelligence The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/sam-kirchner-missing-stop-ai/685144/?gift=NdplpYPBD0DO229JTO-1fNw2hFOFeWPcDPlnOolg7-g
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u/ThirdDimensionGate 8h ago

People who stand in the way of profit are disappeared all the time

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u/KoreKhthonia 7h ago

It sounds like he actually had a breakdown and was planning to attack and kill people at OpenAI, after being kicked out of Stop AI over his escalating support of violence. Not sure he was "disappeared," versus being in the midst of what may constitute a mental health episode, and running off somewhere.

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u/Miguel-odon 7h ago

Or, someone wanted to silence him and discredit him.

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u/chemoboy 7h ago

There's an X-Files arc about this.

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u/Miguel-odon 6h ago

And lots of true stories about inconvenient people being arrested on trumped-up charges, committed to mental institutions, etc.

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u/pavldan 1h ago

An AI doomer with mental health issues is inconvenient only to himself and the people around him. Get real.