AI Safety Researcher Points Out Irony: Critics Calling Safety Advocates 'Silicon Valley Elites' Are Themselves Silicon Valley Elites
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-09-17
AI safety researcher David Krueger boosted a pointed observation from Jay Shooster: the people warning you that AI safety advocates are out-of-touch Silicon Valley elites are themselves out-of-touch Silicon Valley elites. The remark lampoons the inverted rhetoric of the current AI safety debate, where 'elitism' attacks on the safety community come from within the tech elite itself.
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