Have decels jumped the shark?

This viral Atlantic article has to be a bridge too far, and make people question whether decels are intellectually or ethically serious people. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/ai-cancer-progress/687654/?gift=yDcMMOSj-3oJk8475KVVBne5CfZXWcmKJJrUAGArmL

"But from there our paths diverged. I became an AI professor. He co-founded Anthropic. My mentor was Dario Amodei, the man who leads one of the most powerful AI companies in the world." facepalm