"AI fever might have an iron grip on Fortune 500 CEOs, Wall Street traders, and government officials, but there are still some out their immune to the tech industry's charms. For evidence, look no further than activist and organizer Guido Reichstadter, who's currently running on day three of a hunger strike on the front steps of the headquarters of the AI giant Anthropic."
"Indeed, policy and tech scholars have cautioned that AGI is likely decades away from becoming a reality, if it ever arrives at all. Instead, they argue that raising the specter of a Cold War-style " race to AGI" is a calculated campaign by multi-billion dollar tech giants to keep investors on the hook, scare regulators into submission, and secure lucrative defense contracts from military bureaucrats."
Guido Reichstadter began a hunger strike on the front steps of Anthropic to demand an immediate halt to the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI), contending that AI currently inflicts serious harm and threatens greater future damage. Reichstadter invoked warnings that a race toward ever more powerful AGI endangers lives and well-being. Policy and technology scholars counter that AGI remains likely decades away and that invoking a Cold War-style "race to AGI" serves corporate interests by keeping investors engaged, deterring regulators, and securing defense contracts. Reichstadter previously led a sit-in protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade and is affiliated with StopAI.
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