Shakeel Hashim questions AI-doomer's social exclusion: "incompatible with believing AI ends the world"
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-09-27
Responding to criticism, Aella says she is fine with "icing out" people who are naturally excluded, describing her event as one for consenting adults, and adds she would rather such people not be part of her communities.
Shakeel Hashim pushes back, arguing this stance seems hard to square with genuinely believing AI could end the world: if the threat is real, why let personal social boundaries fragment the community working on it?
The exchange highlights a tension inside the AI safety scene between mission urgency and social gatekeeping.
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