Timnit Gebru slams AI safety community as an 'apocalyptic death cult'
examachine · x · 2026-09-16
Prominent AI researcher Timnit Gebru once again fiercely criticized the AI safety/alignment community, calling it "an apocalyptic death cult." She argues that if people had listened over the past 10+ years while she and others outlined what she describes as the community's cult-like recruitment practices, they wouldn't have kept giving it the benefit of the doubt.
The remark continues Gebru's long-running critique of effective altruism and AI doom narratives, marking another signature moment in the industry's ongoing values dispute.
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