20,000-word exposé calls Berkeley AI Safety scene 'mostly a sex cult'
zacharynado · x · 2026-09-25
A long-form essay titled "AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California" is circulating on X, aiming to explain Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationalism, Bay Area Effective Altruism, and the organizations and ideologies around AI Safety. Amplifier @quantian1 notes the piece has to bury its accusation under 20,000 words of carefully marshaled evidence, since leading with it would be instantly dismissed as a deranged conspiracy. The article is stirring debate within the AI safety community.
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