Viral essay calls Berkeley AI Safety circle a "sex cult"

A 20,000-word essay claiming "AI Safety is mostly a sex cult in Berkeley" went viral on X, reigniting debate over the Bay Area rationalist and AI safety community around Eliezer Yudkowsky.

2026-09-24 ~ 2026-09-25 · 2 related posts

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