On December 3, 2025, Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama wrote in PauseAI’s Discord: “We are close to midnight, it’s time to actually act.” On April 10, 2026, he acted.
Excellent piece, thank you for putting all this together.
You have mentioned the ethical problem of whether to publish and analyze the manifesto. We certainly don't want copy cat attacks, but given that a lot of the things that can lead to radicalization (For instance, Yudkowsky's book IABIED) are already very public, isn't it better to analyze his writings in order to critique them at length to assuage other people with similar ideologies?
Saransh, that's a great question. Yes, a detailed critique of his writing has obvious benefits.
But it still means platforming his take and giving it unwarranted weight.
My preferred approach is to critically analyze the "source materials" for such radicalizations, as I did with the Firebomber's aspirational reading of IABIED:
Thank you for the research, analysis and reporting. So very glad you pulled this together. Please keep up the good work.
Excellent piece, thank you for putting all this together.
You have mentioned the ethical problem of whether to publish and analyze the manifesto. We certainly don't want copy cat attacks, but given that a lot of the things that can lead to radicalization (For instance, Yudkowsky's book IABIED) are already very public, isn't it better to analyze his writings in order to critique them at length to assuage other people with similar ideologies?
Your thoughts?
Saransh, that's a great question. Yes, a detailed critique of his writing has obvious benefits.
But it still means platforming his take and giving it unwarranted weight.
My preferred approach is to critically analyze the "source materials" for such radicalizations, as I did with the Firebomber's aspirational reading of IABIED:
https://www.aipanic.news/p/why-the-doom-bible-left-many-reviewers