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The Apocalyptic AI Ideology of Luigi Mangione

After Luigi Mangione was arrested for the alleged assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the world began searching for his social media profiles in an attempt to discover his motives. His Twitter account was unearthed fairly quickly and many people, myself included, began reading through his timeline. His account

Suspect in Molotov attack on Sam Altman is a eugenicist who believes AI will end the world

Daniel "Butlerian Jihadist" Moreno-Gama had written about "Ethical Eugenics" and "AI Existential Risk" prior to the terrorist attack

That Time Xbox Invested in an AI Company that violated Nintendo's copyrights

Back in 2023, when generative AI was shiny new tech, Xbox started eyeing it early. This was unsurprising as Microsoft (Xbox's parent company) had been making massive investments in AI for years, including a massive $13 billion investment in OpenAI to build "artificial general intelligence&

Former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong fearmongers about coming AI apocalypse, wants humanity to "perish with dignity"

In January 2026, former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong made an apocalyptic prediction on Twitter about AI: "Y'all know that the RAM prices skyrocketing is the first sign of the paperclipping, right?"

The Crypto Lotus Mystery feat. Sam Bankman-Fried

I'm kinda stumped on this one. It involves "superintelligent" AI, SBF, private equity, and a $100 million loan.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore signs AI deals labeled "High Risk" by the state's own criteria with Anthropic and a Palantir competitor

On November 13, Maryland governor Wes Moore announced a partnership between the state and Anthropic, the Amazon-sponsored creator of the Claude AI chatbot, to use its AI models for a number of government functions, including policy and benefits.

AI Doomsday Cult Primer

Whenever AI comes up, I often find it difficult to summarize how crazy the tech's most dedicated enthusiasts are without sounding like a conspiracy theorist. This led me to compiling this list of articles that show that worries of a coming "superintelligence" are closer to religion than science.

Manifest 2025 Update: Still A Tech Bro Eugenics Conference

Manifest, the conference for the prediction market website Manifold, got in hot water for inviting racists and eugenicists in previous years. Not much has changed in 2025.

One of Elon's DOGE Lackeys is a Rationalist with a LessWrong account

He once attempted to tell ChatGPT that it has a sentient "kernel mode".

"Pre-Chewing Nick Land": The Racist Accelerationism of Detransitioner Hunter Ash

In December 2024, The Blaze published an essay by Hunter Ash, a former trans woman who's new to the detransitioner circuit. This was his first big publication, but he actually has an extensive and controversial social media history before he reappeared under his current name.