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- I gotta say I'm confused about the entire reason this is important. Any furry convention has just as many IT professionals (and probably a few AI devs), but people aren't posting about Anthrocon and talking about how many people get drugged and assaulted there in the context of IT. Why is this different?by metalcrow
- Interesting read. Sure, there's still sex and acid, but man, we're a long way from John Phillips' San Francisco.by AnodicElegy
- For some reference, an earlier post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49737985by brnt
- This is delightfully written.by arm32
- Great read, but I'm a little puzzled.
My takeaway is SlutCon has successfully re-skinned The Argument Clinic. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpQlyUjp3vM). Someone enters a commercialized, scheduled space to pay for a raw, spontaneous human experience, only to get trapped in an infuriating debate over the technical definition of the experience itself.
Or am I missing a read-between-the-lines that this event is really to facilitate successful Autistic people in flirting, dating, and relationships?
by schainks - It felt real and, for a moment, I was worried that it was journalism and not fiction.by nkg
- If you're asking yourself WTF, here's an explainer:
https://www.iankduncan.com/personal/2026-09-16-sex-ai-and-th...
by ArcHound