Ex-OpenAI researcher roasts doomsday AI-safety accounts as a 'fubar'd cult'
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-24
Former OpenAI researcher suchenzang shared and riffed on a string of bizarre posts from AI-safety-adjacent accounts, first wondering if they're just edgy thought experiments for engagement, then concluding "it doesn't end" — mocking accounts like plzdontkillus and PauseAI splitting off with doomsday messaging and quipping that foreign intelligence behind the datacenter backlash is "no match for whatever this fubar'd cult is spewing." A snapshot of discourse extremization inside the AI safety scene and how seasoned insiders react to it.
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