Bay Area WTF AGI meetup to host AI safety researchers with 51 spots left
RosieCampbell · x · 2026-09-13
A Bay Area meetup called WTF AGI is scheduled for Monday, Sep 14 at 6pm PT, open to anyone confused or concerned about where AI is heading, with 449 of 500 spots already taken. Pizza and snacks provided.
Scheduled attendees include:
- Jeffrey Ladish (Executive Director, Palisade Research)
- Rosie Campbell (former OpenAI policy researcher, managing director of Eleos AI Research)
- Adam Kaufman (senior Redwood researcher)
- Oliver (CEO of Lightcone, runs LessWrong and Lighthaven)
- Cormac (who discovered the German swarm)
More events will be listed at extinctionisoptional.com.
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