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Reaction converging What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI Policy & governance · 6 attributable reactions
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Established Policy & governance Analysis 15d ago
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AI cult policymakers warning essay

What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI

13 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Meredith Broussard Justin Hendrix Olivia Guest M.J. Crockett Hypervisible Nick Diakopoulos David Kaye Meredith Martin +5
How the network is reacting 5 experts are independently emphasizing policy & governance.
Reaction converging

Policy & governance

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Rules, institutions and accountability.

“With reference to scholars who have been following them for some time, Nathalie Maréchal traces how ideas such as transhumanism, longtermism, and effective altruism converge into "the AI cult,” and why she thinks policymakers and the public can't afford to …”

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“finally had a moment to read this. "why should I waste my time and my sanity debating kooks? In short, because the kooks are now in power, and they are using that power to dismantle the institutions designed to keep the rest of us safe, healthy, and free." …”

2 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Nathalie Maréchal, PhD: I’ve been working on this one for a while - my heartfelt apologies for not getting it out before this week’s Very Upsetting news cycle. (I promise there is no discussion of the sex cult angle. No o…
Nathalie Maréchal, PhD: So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techp…
Nathalie Maréchal, PhD: That was certainly my intent!
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Developing AI field signal Signal 2d ago
⚡ 36 h early

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be

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M.J. Crockett Eli Sennesh Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈

“Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
M.J. Crockett: Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Matthew Sheffield: It's a good piece, but it misses what selfhood is, and an evolutionary discussion of why language simulacra detection is so difficult for humans. If I may self-plug:
Meredith Martin: Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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