Discussion on Programmer's Death and Allegations

You had complaints from one programmer who said you guys were basically stealing

people's stuff and not paying them, and then he wound up murdered.

What was that?

Also a great tragedy. Uh, he committed suicide.

Do you think he committed suicide?

I really do.

Have you looked-

This was, like, a friend of mine. This was, like, a guy that...

Not a close friend, but this is someone that worked at OpenAI for a

very long time.

I spent... I mean, I was really shaken by this tragedy.

I spent a lot of time trying to, you know, read everything I could, as

I'm sure you and others did too, about what happened.

Um,

it looks like a suicide to me.

Why does it look like a suicide?

It was a gun he had purchased. It was the...

Uh, this is, like, gruesome to talk about, but I read-

That's all right. That's all right

... the whole, like, medical record. Does it not look like one to you?

No, he was definitely murdered, I think.

Um, there were signs of a struggle, of course.

The surveillance camera, the wires had been cut.

He had just ordered takeout food, come back from a vacation with

his friends on Catalina Island. No indication at all that he was

suicidal. No note and no behavior.

He had just spoken to a family member on the phone,

and then he's found dead with blood in multiple rooms, so that's

impossible. Seems really obvious he was murdered.

Have you talked to the authorities about it?

I have not talked to the authorities about it.

Um, and his mother claims he was murdered

on your orders.

Do you believe that?

I, I'm a- well, I'm a- I'm asking you.

I mean, I... You, you, you just said it, so do you, do you believe that?

I think that it is, um, worth looking

into, and I don't...

I mean, if a guy comes out and accuses your company

of committing crimes, I have no idea if that's true or not, of course,

um, and then is found killed and there are signs of a struggle, I, I don't

think it's

worth dismissing it. I don't think we should say, "Well,

he killed himself," when

there's no evidence that the guy was depressed at all.

Um, I think... And if he was your friend, I would think you would wanna speak to

his mom or-

I did offer. She didn't want to.

So-