Alexander Campbell
· Campbell Ramble
· April 11, 2026 at 19:53
· ⏱ 6 min read
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Summary
The article argues that the AI doomer community's framework of near-certain extinction logically justifies preemptive violence against AI developers, as demonstrated by a recent Molotov cocktail attack. For markets, this signals rising reputational and operational risk for AI companies and potential regulatory backlash, but offers no actionable trade ideas.
•Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old PauseAI member, threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house and threatened OpenAI headquarters, booked on attempted murder.
•His Discord handle was 'Butlerian Jihadist' and he recommended Yudkowsky and Soares' book 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies' four months before the attack.
•Yudkowsky's published position is that sufficiently intelligent AI will kill every human, and he has suggested airstriking data centers as preferable to a training run completing.
•The article describes a 'purity spiral' where community members compete on p(doom) numbers, leading to calls to 'burn down' AI labs and threatening researchers.
•When asked why he doesn't attack data centers, Yudkowsky's answer was strategic ('it wouldn't be effective'), not moral — implying restraint is temporary.
•The author critiques the doomer worldview's conflation of intelligence with power, arguing that verbal reasoning does not entitle one to priestly authority over technology.