The hunger strike to end AI

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Terr_ · 2h ago

> 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).

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The hunger strike to end AI

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