> The sign calls for Anthropic to “stop the race to artificial general intelligence”
This strikes me as... weirdly misdirected, perhaps even actively counterproductive.
1. It vastly overstates their product/positioning in a way that's basically free marketing for them.
2. It distracts from much realer (but less dramatic) harms that can be blamed on the companies.
Imagine someone protesting outside Doordash, with a sign saying: "Don't let home-cooking skills become extinct!!"
just_human · 3h ago
TL;DR: Protesters are conducting hunger strikes outside Anthropic (San Francisco) and Google DeepMind (London) offices to demand these companies stop racing toward artificial general intelligence (AGI).
This strikes me as... weirdly misdirected, perhaps even actively counterproductive.
1. It vastly overstates their product/positioning in a way that's basically free marketing for them.
2. It distracts from much realer (but less dramatic) harms that can be blamed on the companies.
Imagine someone protesting outside Doordash, with a sign saying: "Don't let home-cooking skills become extinct!!"