Sam Altman's sister amends lawsuit accusing OpenAI CEO of sexual abuse

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sam-altman-sexual-assault-sister-annie-abuse-lawsuit-b2950916.html

19•therobots927•2h ago

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Teever•1h ago

Can anyone tell if me there's ever been a substantial conversatino about this topic on HN? I see occasional threads that more or less whisper about it but never a major post where people really discuss it openly.

dragonwriter•1h ago

Its pretty much impossible to have a substantial discussion because the facts (beyond the fact of the allegations) are opaque. Its a highly emotionally charged issue involving a divisive figure where pretty much no one has any access to useful facts. Discussions are destined to be all noise, no signal.

Teever•1h ago

That wasn't really the vibe in 2016 with Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey.

What changed?

salawat•1h ago

They weren't working on the key to break the dependence of the wealthy on the working class.

dcrazy•38m ago

Weinstein blew open when Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan spoke to the New York Times [0].

That in turn led to more concrete public allegations against Spacey, which he tried to deflect by “choosing to live as a gay man.”

[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-haras...

armchairhacker•15m ago

Harvey Weinstein had evidence and was convicted of rape.

Kevin Spacey had many people accuse him. But he was cleared of all charges, and no-one seems to have evidence. Honestly, I suspect he was an innocent victim of #MeToo (an overshot of the direction that rightfully convicted people like Weinstein), and may get a revival soon (the last charges were settled in March, see the vibe of https://old.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1q45z9e/cmv_n...)

Altman has an accusation from one person with no evidence.

believme1123e4•1h ago

Nobody wants to be subject of a false SA accusation, leave alone something as dramatic as this.

So It's very natural for people to give benefit of doubt and stay silent when these allegations have not been proven. Even those who absolutely hate Sam Altman for other reasons.

therobots927•33m ago

Nobody wants to be molested by their older brother either.

simianwords•1h ago

Sam Altman gets accused of raping his own sister.

Sam Altman gets accused of murdering a whistleblower employee.

Sam Altman gets accused of lying and cheating the board and gets ousted.

Bro is either cartoonishly evil or something else.

mhitza•51m ago

> Sam Altman gets accused of lying and cheating the board and gets ousted.

I haven't seen this claim made before. The reason for his ousting where never cleared up.

bitwank•39m ago

He is well known to be morally troubled— his postings here over the years gave off that vibe for most who paid attention— but even if he were a hypersexual psychopath or something like that, it doesn’t prove he molested his little sister all those times. There’s a lot of grey area in childhood sexuality, and Sam seems like a “grey area” sort of guy fwiw. He is probably mostly innocent.

therobots927•29m ago

It’s he said she said. And in this case we’re being asked to believe the very wealthy and powerful older brother over a younger sister who has to rely on “the family” for money and who “the family” claims is “mentally unwell”.

Got it.

simianwords•20m ago

What’s the point you are trying to make.

JaceDev•40m ago

tbh this is wild how much drama

falseprofit•32m ago

Is this article just plagiarized from the Reuters one from the day before?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-now-dismisses...

therobots927•28m ago

It’s possible. My apologies.

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