cart;horse: If you are in the Bay Area on July 11th, even if you're at a company being protested, you should come to The AI Protest. It's fully legal and nonviolent (we'll have a full overtime SFPD escort the entire time), and it's not the worst way you can use your Saturday afternoon that weekend. Plus all of your coolest friends will be there.

There's a lot of discussion about the effectiveness of protests and marches; I don't want to re-litigate that here when you can just ask your favorite model.[1] There's also lots of existing discussion on if/how/when we should pause, I'll point you to Katja's recent post and the discussion there as a start for that. This is a review of some concerns I have had or still somewhat have about this type of action, and how I've reasoned about and gotten through them. I imagine you might also have these concerns.

The ask (stopping the race) is one that a large fraction of the public is likely supportive of, with the majority concerned about the current pace of development. Of course there is a ton of behind-the-scenes inside-baseball work to be done and the [...]

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(01:31) Coalitions and Communication

(02:27) A Few Rebuttals

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First published:
July 1st, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4kqbNCMCkaSJTigii/you-should-come-to-the-ai-protest

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“You Should Come to The AI Protest” by Ronak_Mehta

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“You Should Come to The AI Protest” by Ronak_Mehta