A wave of alarm over AI risks has fueled a sharp rise in membership for anti-AI activist groups, prompting some members to escalate from online advocacy to direct action. One such group, meeting secretly in London, is planning to disrupt a high-profile tech industry event featuring a senior executive from a major chip manufacturer. Newcomers to activism, including a bartender who had never before engaged in protests, are now involved in organizing the disruption. The surge in AI safety concerns has clearly energized a global movement pushing back against rapid advancements in artificial intelligence.
Campaign groups report surge in membership after a spate of AI safety alerts and apocalyptic warningsIn a bar below Waterloo Bridge, a cell of a fast-growing anti-AI protest movement met last week to plot their latest move: disrupting a tech industry dinner being addressed by a senior executive from the chip maker Nvidia.Emma, a 28-year-old bartender, had never before taken direct action and was the most nervous of the four plotters from Pull The Plug, one of a growing number of AI-focused campaign groups around the world. Continue reading...
