Author Kevin Bass calls the entire AI Safety industry an 'Orwellian, malevolent cult'
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-28
Kevin Bass, an author with 234k followers, posted: "The entire AI Safety industry is Orwellian. The point is not to make AI safe. The point is to make it unsafe and promulgate that idea as widely as possible. AI Safety is a malevolent power-seeking cult."
An inflammatory take in the ongoing AI safety debate — notable as industry drama material rather than substantive argument.
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