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Articles on rationalist-adjacent cults: the Zizians, Leverage Research, and the darker outgrowths of the rationalist / LessWrong-derived / Aella polycule scene that is behind "AI Safety" in Silicon Valley. Working thesis: MIRI and CFAR read as high-control groups (cults) who believe in P(DOOM) and use sex (and power) maliciously — yet they are unfortunately the ones who have captured the framing of "AI Safety," which has little to do with actual safety.
weird little AI guys
The Exclusive California Retreat Where Stunted Young Men Pay to Learn How to Have Sex With Women
Effective Altruism Summit 2013
The Inside Story Of Leverage Research 1.0
Public hands
The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers
I don't care about AI