AI safety drama: researcher admits bad-faith start, faces funding-incentive charge
dromanocpm · x · 2026-10-15
A running AI safety community spat: dromanocpm admits he opened the discussion in bad faith, frustrated by what he saw as weak rhetorical moves (a "no true Scotsman" / persuasive definition) undermining important safety problems. He was then accused of inflating the problem because his AI safety nonprofit raised money from Coefficient Giving, the field's largest funder. He counters that he isn't paid to tweet and mainly runs research programs and workshops — and that his co-founder would prefer he tweet less.
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