Getting Arrested for Barricading OpenAI's Office to Stop AI

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 pause or 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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