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Bluesky thread alleges AI safety movement has cult-like dynamics tied to non-standard sexuality

Commenter challenges the "sex cult" framing based on personal experience

6 Sep 17 6:37 AM · 9d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 6 of 7

A commenter who claims to have been invited to gatherings by the community questions whether "sex cult" is a useful or accurate label, noting the community behaved respectfully and professionally in other respects.

“It may well be a sex cult, but if it is, my experience is that it so thoroughly behaves like a regular community in so many aspects that it at least calls into question the predictive usefulness, if not the accuracy, of the label "sex cult".”

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Eliezer YudkowskyEliezer Yudkowsky AI safety advocate and figure in the movementNina Hartley Adult entertainer referenced in discussion

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