Aella pushes back on claims her Slutcon event hurts the AI safety movement

binarybits · x · 2026-09-29

Sex worker and researcher Aella is at the center of an AI-safety-community dispute over claims that her Slutcon event damages the movement's reputation. In the quoted tweet she pushes back:

• "You guys are the ones linking Slutcon and AI safety"—the bundling itself is what creates reputational risk
• The venue hosts all kinds of controversial events beyond AI safety and isn't even Berkeley's top AI safety hub
• The vast majority of attendees aren't in AI safety; tickets were sold via ads on platforms other than Twitter

Writer binarybits defends her: Aella is a sex worker/researcher who happens to be interested in AI safety, not an AI safety researcher whose sex life surprised anyone. A drama about community image boundaries.

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