Sam Kirchner and Remmelt Ellen, leaders of the Stop AI movement, think the only way to effectively protest superintelligent AI development is with civil disobedience.
Not only are they staging regular protests in front of AI labs, they’re barricading the entrances and blocking traffic, then allowing themselves to be repeatedly arrested.
Is civil disobedience the right strategy to stop AI?
00:00 Introducing Stop AI
00:38 Arrested at OpenAI Headquarters
01:14 Stop AI’s Funding
01:26 Blocking Entrances Strategy
03:12 Protest Logistics and Arrest
08:13 Blocking Traffic
12:52 Arrest and Legal Consequences
18:31 Commitment to Nonviolence
21:17 A Day in the Life of a Protestor
21:38 Civil Disobedience
25:29 Planning the Next Protest
28:09 Stop AI Goals and Strategies
34:27 The Ethics and Impact of AI Protests
42:20 Call to Action
Show Notes
StopAI's next protest is on October 21, 2024 at OpenAI, 575 Florida St, San Francisco, CA 94110.
StopAI Website: https://StopAI.info
StopAI Discord: https://discord.gg/gbqGUt7ZN4
Disclaimer: I (Liron) am not part of StopAI, but I am a member of PauseAI, which also has a website and Discord you can join.
PauseAI Website: https://pauseai.info
PauseAI Discord: https://discord.gg/2XXWXvErfA
There's also a special #doom-debates channel in the PauseAI Discord just for us :)
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Getting Arrested for Barricading OpenAI's Office to Stop AI