Joke Claims the AI Safety Community Controls Who Goes Viral on X
lxrjl · x · 2026-09-12
A lighthearted exchange in the AI safety community: benjtodd quipped that "the AI safety community can retweet whoever it likes to 100 million views," prompting user lxrjl to joke that their tweets never going viral was proof of a secret plot against them — while their former colleague mysteriously avoided the same fate. A funny slice of AI-community culture about clout and in-group dynamics.
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