The Attempted Assassination of Sam Altman

A 19-year-old tries to firebomb Sam Altman’s house… and somehow turns himself into a real-world version of Terminator 2.

In this episode, we break down the bizarre case of Daniel Murano Gamma—a self-proclaimed AI doomsayer who believed stopping artificial intelligence might require extreme action. From Molotov cocktails at a gated mansion to a manifesto warning of human extinction, the story is equal parts absurd, unsettling, and deeply revealing about the moment we’re living in.

But beneath the chaos is a much bigger question: What happens when fear of the future turns into moral certainty—and moral certainty turns into justification for violence?

We dive into the psychology behind AI panic, the growing divide between innovation and regulation, and why this story says more about culture, belief, and meaning than it does about technology itself.

Because this isn’t just about AI. It’s about how people make sense of a world that’s changing faster than they can process—and what happens when they think they’re the ones who have to stop it.

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Edited by Jake Bennett https://www.bennettstudios.co/