Allegations about Bay Area rationalists’ influence on AI safety

A Very Sane AI essay calls Bay Area AI safety a “sex cult,” alleging that close social ties and misconduct within rationalist and effective altruist circles compromise research and policy. One post urges promoters of AI-doomsday claims to read it. A separate quote post argues that effective altruism and other movements fail to police adherents’ conduct, allowing fringe behavior to alienate outsiders.