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Multiple readings character.ai Policy & governance · 6 attributable reactions Multiple readings Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport | Better Offline Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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New AI field signal Signal 18h ago
⚡ 3269 h early

character.ai

10 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · 404 Media
“Looking at what’s happened to Character.ai is useful insofar as it shows the type of enshittification that is increasingly coming to AI tools across the entire sector and the associated user backlash. www.404media.co/lobotomized-...” evidence ↗
10 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Ted Underwood 404 Media Ethan Zuckerman Ed Zitron Scott McGrath Alex Hern Colin tachikoma +2
2 experts discussed this · 12 posts
thebes: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
Grace: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
thebes: i think it's too late for the period i was focused on (i carried the branches to the modern day but only if they started in the period in question)
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Established Safety & security Analysis 13d ago
⚡ 18 h early
AI safety cult critique podcast

Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport | Better Offline

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
“Having vanquished taxes, the ultra-rich are now committed to defeating death as well, making themselves easy marks for the world's weirdest cult leaders and grifters, who promise them a mix of physical and digital immortality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Ed Zitron By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Here's this week's Better Offline: I'm joined by Cal Newport and @adambecker.bsky.social to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oV…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“Having vanquished taxes, the ultra-rich are now committed to defeating death as well, making themselves easy marks for the world's weirdest cult leaders and grifters, who promise them a mix of physical and digital immortality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...”

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