Facing a Changing Industry, AI Activists Rethink Their Strategy
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Summary
A think tank called the AI Now Institute has published a report claiming that the narrative surrounding AI has been controlled by a handful of big tech firms for their own advantage.
It calls for civil society groups, activists and workers to unite to challenge the status quo.
One of the report’s authors, Sarah Myers West, said the proliferation of AI in society is giving tech companies “new kinds of power that go way beyond just deepening their pockets”.
The paper suggests workers could resist the introduction of AI and push back against suggestions that huge job losses are inevitable.
It calls for AI issues to be linked to larger economic concerns, such as future employment opportunities.
The report highlights the successes of anti-AI activism, such as the protests by Google employees which caused the company to drop a major AI contract with the Pentagon in 2018.
