‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism

When a 20-year-old man from Texas was arrested earlier this year for allegedly trying to burn down OpenAI ’s headquarters and Sam Altman’s house , authorities found an anti- AI manifesto alongside his lighter and a jug of kerosene. It was one of a spate of attacks that has caused alarm among researchers, the tech industry and law enforcement about the rise of anti-tech extremism. …