• ccunning@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      trying to discredit Aaron Scwartz, the reddit cofounder who passed away

      Passed away due to suicide for having the book thrown at him by the FBI for doing a tiny fraction of what each and every AI company is now doing openly and freely, it should be noted.

      🪦 RIP Aaron

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      These types of stories are also unfortunately heavy duty survivorship bias. The majority of people who started websites like this never went anywhere and you’ve never heard of them.