AI safety researcher: disliking the community's vegan/polyamory culture is fine, if polite
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-18
AI safety researcher Nathan Young weighs in on the subculture debate inside AI safety: he says it's a fine and normal opinion for people in the field to say they dislike the "veganism / conversation norms / polyamory / weirdness" in AI safety — as long as they stay polite and don't bring it up constantly.
The remark speaks to the long-running discussion about the distinctive subculture of the AI safety community and how insiders should handle disagreements about it.
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