Stop AI just put out a press release, summarising our plan to barricade OpenAI's office entrances.

As an organiser, let me add some thoughts to nuance the text:

Plan

On October 21st, 2024 at 12:00 pm Stop AI will peacefully barricade, via sit-in, OpenAI's office entrance gate

The emphasis is on peacefully. We are a non-violent activism organisation, and always will be.

We could very easily stop the development of Artificial General Intelligence if a small group of people repeatedly barricaded entrances at AI company offices and data centers.

My take is that a small group barricading OpenAI is a doable way to be a thorn in OpenAI's side, while raising public attention to the recklessness of AI corporations. From there, stopping AI development requires many concerned communities acting together to restrict the data, work, uses, and hardware of AI.

We will [...]

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Outline:

(00:16) Plan

(03:04) Risk of extinction

(10:23) Why restrict OpenAI

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First published:
October 14th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bAy6w3spwFrnguJqe/why-stop-ai-is-barricading-openai

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Why Stop AI is barricading OpenAI” by Remmelt

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“Why Stop AI is barricading OpenAI” by Remmelt