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Edward Snowden wrote on social media to his nearly 6 million followers, "Do not ever trust @OpenAI ... You have been warned," following the appointment of retired U.S. Army General Paul Nakasone to the board of the artificial intelligence technology company.

Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor, was charged with espionage by the Justice Department in 2013 after leaking thousands of top-secret records, exposing the agency's surveillance of private citizens' information.

In a Friday morning post on X, formerly Twitter, Snowden reshared a post providing information on OpenAI's newest board member. Nakasone is a former NSA director, and the longest-serving leader of the U.S. Cyber Command and chief of the Central Security Service. He retired from the NSA, a position he held since 2018, in February.

Snowden wrote in an X post, "They've gone full mask-off: do not ever trust @OpenAI or its products (ChatGPT etc.) There is only one reason for appointing an @NSAGov Director to your board. This is a willful, calculated betrayal of the rights of every person on Earth." He concluded the post, writing, "You have been warned."

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What are Nextdoor app type people?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Every "bang" they hear outside from a car backfire is gunfire. Every "boom" sound is a potential bomb. Every terrorist or rapist wants to visit your boring suburban neighborhood and is creeping around in broad daylight walking down the sidewalk. Every helicopter flying over is something nefarious. The government is out to get you. A police car mentioned going anywhere with the lights on must mean a horrific murder or "Praise jesus lord protect our police" followed by a blue line flag pic.

Every post warrants unsolicited derogatory political commentary, i.e. "Nice day outside..." followed by "Those fucking lying sleepy joe democrats are full of shit about climate change it's fine outside!" Or some unsolicited "praise Jesus its a nice day you wouldn't have the sun earth and stars if it weren't for Jesus praise God you're all sinners." with a crapton of emojis.

It's an awful place. I briefly tried it for yard sales and looking for services like tree trimming, but it's not worth it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is it with stupid people and emoji spam? Fifteen of the same emoji gets the same point across as one...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

They don’t have the vocabulary to express themselves any other way. Words are hard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Dunno, but by their explanation it sounds like r/conspiracy aka the stupidest and most paranoid people alive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

R/conspiracy is just r/conservative for the extremely paranoid it's all right wing talking point nonsense.