I think you should leave the comments.
“Here is an example of Nate’s passion for AI Safety not working” seems like a reasonably relevant comment, albeit entirely anecdotal and low effort.
Your comment is almost guaranteed to “ratio” theirs. It seems unlikely that the thread will be massively derailed if you don’t delete.
Plus deleting the comment looks bad and will add to the story. Your comment feels like it is already close to the optimal response.
I think you should leave the comments.
“Here is an example of Nate’s passion for AI Safety not working” seems like a reasonably relevant comment, albeit entirely anecdotal and low effort.
Your comment is almost guaranteed to “ratio” theirs. It seems unlikely that the thread will be massively derailed if you don’t delete.
Plus deleting the comment looks bad and will add to the story. Your comment feels like it is already close to the optimal response.