The hunger strike to end AI

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Post by just_human » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 5:01 PM UTC

The hunger strike to end AI
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Re: The hunger strike to end AI

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Post by just_human » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 5:01 PM UTC

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).

Re: The hunger strike to end AI

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Post by Terr_ » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 5:33 PM UTC

> 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!!"