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    A “sex cult” allegation about AI safety in Berkeley

    A post shares an article titled “AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California,” saying it aims to explain Eliezer Yudkowsky, rationalism and Bay Area effective altruism.

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    68 Sources, 20d ago, first seen 20d ago

    TLDR

    The post presents the article as an explanation of Yudkowsky, rationalism, Bay Area effective altruism, AI safety and related ideologies and organizations. A commenter describes it as burying its accusation behind “20,000 words of carefully marshaled evidence,” arguing that stating the accusation upfront would get it dismissed as a “deranged conspiracy.”

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    Combined views

    504.3K

    68 Sources, first seen 20d ago

    9.6K likes359 comments2.3K saves1.2K reposts

    Sentiment

    Positive10.4%89.6%Negative

    Summary

    Replies condemned Effective Altruism and AI safety figures as power-seeking cultists who mask predation and sexual deviance behind altruistic claims.

    Based on 521 sentiment-bearing replies from 404 accounts across 15 conversations.

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    Sentiment

    Positive10.4%89.6%Negative

    Summary

    Replies condemned Effective Altruism and AI safety figures as power-seeking cultists who mask predation and sexual deviance behind altruistic claims.

    Based on 521 sentiment-bearing replies from 404 accounts across 15 conversations.

    68 Sources

    Quantіan@quantian1This article has to bury the lede behind 20,000 words of carefully marshaled evidence because if it actually lead with its accusation it would be instantly dismissed as a deranged conspiracy:20d
    Deva Hazarika@devahazThis is a mix of fact and opinion/speculation, but it’s a great (very long) primer on a subculture that is a key piece in this big, complicated puzzle20d
    @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social)@timnitGebruTake a read, and remember that these are the cults @BernieSanders has been taking his cues from, legitimizing as "the worlds leading AI experts," and who are now ALL OVER the mainstream media, the UN, you name it, yelling about fictional "existential risks" of AI. https://theasterisk.substack.com/p/the-effective-altruism-kids-arent?r=8qt9d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web19d
    Danielle Fong 🔆@DanielleFongare you here for the slut con? no, i'm here for the ai consciousness convention oh, they're going to kill us all18d
    zach@blip_tmthe Aella sphere of rats say that they care more about AI safety than weird sex parties but when presented with the choice to stop having weird sex parties to make AI safety more welcoming to female researchers, they won’t do it18d
    Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenzRT @blip_tm: the Aella sphere of rats say that they care more about AI safety than weird sex parties but when presented with the choice to…17d
    Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)@teortaxesTexThat's all cool and yeah EA/AI safety is largely a Bay Area sex cult but I can't help but notice that the enemies of the sex cultists are sexless AI successionists. I'd rather support the Wholesome Chungus Moderate Right AI Diffusion party, but we only have shades of demons here17d
    Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrbanTrading off sex parties for a solid increase in the perceived seriousness and credibility of AI safety in the normie world seems like a no-brainer to me.17d
    Zachary Nado@zacharynadoRT @StatisticUrban: Trading off sex parties for a solid increase in the perceived seriousness and credibility of AI safety in the normie wo…16d
    Kevin Bass@kevinnbassAI Safety People: We need to make sure AI is aligned with humanity. Also AI Safety People: I practice polyamory with my polycue, publicly promote orgies and prostitution, advocate for the lives of shrimps over humans, and have no children.16d
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    Quantіan@quantian1This article has to bury the lede behind 20,000 words of carefully marshaled evidence because if it actually lead with its accusation it would be instantly dismissed as a deranged conspiracy:20d
    Deva Hazarika@devahazThis is a mix of fact and opinion/speculation, but it’s a great (very long) primer on a subculture that is a key piece in this big, complicated puzzle20d
    @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social)@timnitGebruTake a read, and remember that these are the cults @BernieSanders has been taking his cues from, legitimizing as "the worlds leading AI experts," and who are now ALL OVER the mainstream media, the UN, you name it, yelling about fictional "existential risks" of AI. https://theasterisk.substack.com/p/the-effective-altruism-kids-arent?r=8qt9d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web19d
    Danielle Fong 🔆@DanielleFongare you here for the slut con? no, i'm here for the ai consciousness convention oh, they're going to kill us all18d
    zach@blip_tmthe Aella sphere of rats say that they care more about AI safety than weird sex parties but when presented with the choice to stop having weird sex parties to make AI safety more welcoming to female researchers, they won’t do it18d
    Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenzRT @blip_tm: the Aella sphere of rats say that they care more about AI safety than weird sex parties but when presented with the choice to…17d
    Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)@teortaxesTexThat's all cool and yeah EA/AI safety is largely a Bay Area sex cult but I can't help but notice that the enemies of the sex cultists are sexless AI successionists. I'd rather support the Wholesome Chungus Moderate Right AI Diffusion party, but we only have shades of demons here17d
    Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrbanTrading off sex parties for a solid increase in the perceived seriousness and credibility of AI safety in the normie world seems like a no-brainer to me.17d
    Zachary Nado@zacharynadoRT @StatisticUrban: Trading off sex parties for a solid increase in the perceived seriousness and credibility of AI safety in the normie wo…16d
    Kevin Bass@kevinnbassAI Safety People: We need to make sure AI is aligned with humanity. Also AI Safety People: I practice polyamory with my polycue, publicly promote orgies and prostitution, advocate for the lives of shrimps over humans, and have no children.16d
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