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

2026-09-16 · 66 min · 26 entities

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  • mentioned BetterOffline website
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://reddit.com/r/BetterOffline
  • mentioned @Edzitron website
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://threads.net/@edzitron
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://wheresyoured.at/
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://wheresyoured.at/ai-is-already-in-dangerous-hands
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://bsky.app/profile/adambecker.bsky.social
  • mentioned @DreamingAgainstTheMachine website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://youtube.com/@DreamingAgainstTheMachine
  • references BetterOffline website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://reddit.com/r/BetterOffline
  • references @Edzitron website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://threads.net/@edzitron
  • references wheresyoured.at website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://wheresyoured.at/
  • references Edzitron.Com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com
  • references calnewport.com website
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://calnewport.com/
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://youtube.com/@CalNewportMedia
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://wheresyoured.at/ai-is-already-in-dangerous-hands
  • references Adambecker.Bsky.Social website
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    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://bsky.app/profile/adambecker.bsky.social
  • references @DreamingAgainstTheMachine website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport": https://youtube.com/@DreamingAgainstTheMachine

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  • mentioned Adam Becker person
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  • appeared on Better Offline podcast
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Episode description as stored
Ed Zitron is joined by computer science professor and writer Cal Newport and journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists. AI Is Already In Dangerous Hands newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-already-in-dangerous-hands/ Adam https://bsky.app/profile/adambecker.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@DreamingAgainstTheMachine https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-becker/more-everything-forever/9781541619593/ Cal Podcast & Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@CalNewportMedia/ Newsletter: https://calnewport.com Save $10 off a year of my premium newsletter: https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/gzqwkv54e1 YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/ Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com https://www.threads.net/@edzitron Email Me: ez@betteroffline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.