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2025-07-06 15:31:02

#NYTimes Attempts To Put The #PaperOfRecord's Ol' #EastCoast Spin On A #ComputerNerd

Her Religion Was Sith Ziz LaSota, who wrote favorably of using violence to prevent artificial intelligence’s destruction of humanity, is in custody in Maryland on trespassing, obstruction and misdemeanor gun charges. Allegany County Sheriff's Office, via Associated Press Ziz, who grew up in Alaska as the oldest of three siblings, was home-schooled for some of her childhood. As a preteen boy, Ziz grew depressed. She saw puberty as “evil,” she later wrote on her blog.

She Wanted to Save the World From A.I. Then the Killings Started.
At first, Ziz LaSota seemed much like any other philosophically inclined young tech aspirant. Now, she and her followers are in jail, six people are dead, and Rationalists are examining whether their ideas played a role.