On this edition of Your Call, we’re discussing OpenAI’s Dev Day event in San Francisco where protesters are gathering for a CloseAI: No killer robots for ICE, war and fascism rally.
Activists are demanding that Sam Altman and OpenAI stop contracting with the military and ICE, along with urging them to sign the Democracy Pledge to protect the midterms.
What demands do you have for AI companies? What concerns you the most?
Guests:
Michaël Trazzi, founder and CEO of The Inside View, a media company producing documentaries about AI safety, organizer with Stop The AI Race, and former AI safety researcher
Mark Dudley, organizer with the Tech Workers Coalition
Jane Martin, organizer with Bay Resistance
Molly Goldberg, organizer with the San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition
Mohamed Shaikh, organizing director at the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Kit P., organizer with the Sunrise Movement
Resources:
The Guardian: ‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools
Reuters: Anthropic warns AI may pose ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO filing
The New York Times: OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns
San Francisco Chronicle: An S.F. nonprofit welcomed the AI boom. Then came a 156% rent hike