AI's 'rationalist' scene is really a Berkeley culture, argues OpenAI-adjacent researcher
jachiam0 · x · 2026-09-14
- Researcher jachiam0 argues the rationalist/EA/frontier-lab social universe is hard to summarize: it's neither San Francisco bay area culture nor a continuation of classic Silicon Valley culture.
- His claim: it is fundamentally a Berkeley culture, grown from a blend of Berkeley academics and a unique local social scene.
- He proposes "Berkeley culture" become a standard term for this cluster of ideas, people, institutions, and technology development patterns.
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