Summary
Ayo Edebiri said she received “insane death threats” after Elon Musk shared a false report claiming she would replace Johnny Depp in a Pirates of the Caribbean reboot.
The rumor, posted by a right-wing account with no industry ties, was never confirmed by credible sources. Musk, who commented “Disney sucks,” amplified the hoax.
Edebiri later called Musk an idiot and a fascist for promoting fascist right-wing rhetoric.
Meanwhile, producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed a reboot is in development but did not confirm Depp’s involvement.
Ok can we cut the shit here?
We can agree that derranged humans exist on both sides of the fence. So… No one makes these derranged threats at Elon??
Really?
Either the death threats were generated by Grok or Elon suddenly grew thick skin.
I’m not saying crazies aren’t out there making derranged death threats. They are. I’ve seen it with my own two eyes
But this? This is retaliatory, and seems at least if not accurate then editorialized to make me believe she’s getting, like, more than is statistically normal (ew). And from a guy with a fancy LLM in his assets??? Call it speculation, it is, but something smells like shit.
Can you explain what you are talking about? Are you implying Musk used some AI to… Make accounts and have those accounts threaten an actress after he reposted a false report about her? What?
Yes.
With unfettered access to something like groks API, musk could literally effortlessly unleash an infinite stream of email account creation and death threats from those emails addresses to further his agenda, feelings, ego, etc.
Why does a conspiracy about Elon using AI to harass a woman all by himself seem more plausible to you than the fact that a large number of bigots will take any opportunity to harass a woman of colour?
You need to reconsider how you assess things. You’ve got a distorted view of reality/plausibility.
Not sure what an LLM has to do with this. Anyone can make a death threat? And anyone can use an LLM to do it I guess.
They indicate a large volume of death threats.
And how does that change anything?
So?
I guess I’m not drawing lines between the volume of death threats, any exaggeration of the article, the culprit(s), and what any of that has to do with an LLM. They all seem like independent factors. Sure someone could have used an LLM to spam her, or theoretically the article could be editorialized, but… She still got death threats, maybe a lot.
It’s your opinion that smells like shit.