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Molotovs at the Gate: How AI’s Doomsday Warnings Fueled a Wave of Real-World Rage
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Molotovs at the Gate: How AI’s Doomsday Warnings Fueled a Wave of Real-World Rage

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A Molotov cocktail shattered the night outside Sam Altman’s San Francisco home last Friday. Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old from Spring, Texas, allegedly lit the fuse, then raced to OpenAI’s headquarters. There, he swung a chair at the glass doors, screaming threats to burn it down. Arrested an hour later, he clutched a manifesto decrying AI as humanity’s extinction machine. And a hit list of executives. Two days later, gunfire erupted near the same property. Two more arrests. No injuries. But the message landed hard. Anti-AI fury isn’t confined to fringes anymore. It’s mainstream. And violent. Polls paint the picture: NBC News found 26% positive views on AI versus 46% negative in March. Gallup tracked Gen Z excitement plummeting from 36% to 22%, anger surging to 31%. NBC News . Gallup . Environmental backlash compounds it. Data centers guzzle power, strain grids, devour water. In Q2 2025 alone, 20 projects worth $98 billion stalled or died. New York floated a three-year permit freeze. Fortune .…

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