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The AI Cults is an independent journalistic, educational, and commentary project published under the free-speech and free-press protections of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. It examines a set of ideologies, organizations, and public figures associated with the development of artificial intelligence.
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This site contains analysis, criticism, satire, and opinion, clearly intended as such. Words like "cult," "religion," "prophet," and "scripture" are used in a rhetorical, sociological, and analytical sense — to describe the structure, language, and dynamics of a belief system — and are not intended as clinical diagnoses, statements of fact about any organization's legal status, or accusations of unlawful conduct.
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In the interest of transparency: this website was produced with the assistance of AI tools — including for research synthesis, drafting, and code generation. The material was organized and reviewed by a human editor, and factual claims are attributed to the public sources cited throughout.
The use of AI assistance does not change the site's status as protected commentary and opinion, nor the attribution and fair-use principles described above. Any errors are unintentional and remain the responsibility of the site operator; good-faith corrections are welcome — see Contact.
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