He gave up Harvard Law and an Anthropic offer to fight AI takeover — and got mocked
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-11-12
A poster says he gave up a full ride at Harvard Law School and turned down an Anthropic offer to do what he believed would best protect humanity from AI takeover, noting many others made similar or bigger sacrifices. Ed Zitron quote-mocked it: "None of you people actually live your lives like you think this is true." The exchange captures the tension between AI-safety sacrifice narratives and outside cynicism.
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