nickcammarata: The backlash against AI safety people is bizarre
repligate · x · 2026-09-12
nickcammarata argues that the backlash against AI safety advocates skips the plausible criticism ("you're just anxious") in favor of conspiracy framing: that safety people secretly don't believe their own claims, are funded by a shadow cabal, and plan to get rich by giving up equity and slowing down their own companies. The thread has drawn attention as a snapshot of the increasingly heated safety-vs-acceleration discourse.
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