Say Yes - Do No

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“They all say ‘yes’, but they do ‘no’. That has to be it. There’s no other way to explain these figures. If they would do ‘yes’, the figures would have improved by now. [sigh] It would be easier if they would just say ‘no’. Then you could have a conversation about it [staring blankly].” 

(Anon.)

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AI Solutionism - Three Questions and Two Answers

When AI is presented as a miracle cure for all the ills of the world the first question I always ask is 'how else could we solve this problem?' More or less every time there's an answer waiting in that question, usually one which isn't just well known but often one which has been advocated for by those most inescapably...
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Local Luddism - The Quiet Front

I'm inherently biased towards the everyday forms of resistance, because it's what I research, but even allowing for there does seem to be a growing sense that the best battles to fight when it comes to big tech are the local ones. This case of push back against AI enabled surveillance in a (very) small Colorado town is...
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Fire! I'll take you to burn... your tokens...

After this report from Axion about an unnamed company managing to torch half a billion dollars in the span of a month through unregulated Claude token usage it's unsurprising that more and more companies are starting to reconsider the wild productivity gains they were rambling about not so long ago. Is it the start of...
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We're not just fighting AI...

There's a definite contrast amongst those who are openly critical of 'AI' at the moment - and it centres on the perception of the fight. It's an interesting one to approach from a (very) resistance focused position given that, on the one hand, I've no desire for tactical differences to negate broader coalitions but on...
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Human Data Sensors - The Abyss is Looking Back

It's an increasingly less heard argument (in my experience at least) that AI companies would eventually run out of training data and, with the ever degrading quality of synthetic data, some kind of brick wall of development would be hit. It was never a good argument, relying as it did on domain specific imaginations...
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Old Tactics, Neo-Luddites: We're all the problem now...

This article from Wired is well worth a read as it outlines the increasing attempts in the US to problematise and criminalise AI resistance movements. Amongst the Trump administrations fevered politicisation of the intelligence services tech resistance is, seemingly, getting the full Luddite treatment with even...
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Monday AI Resistance Update #10

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... A day late this time because we had a Bank Holiday here alongside a heatwave, so who wants to be thinking about AI? -- Resource - The AI Resist List Created by We & AI, DAIR, the Refugee Law Lab and working with Karen Hao the AI Resist List is something I've...
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Reclaiming Futures - King's College London

A bit of a niche one given that it's based specifically out of KCL but there's a new (unofficial) group working there to challenge the uncritical narratives around AI in Higher Education. Reclaiming Futures is focusing specifically at King's for now but hopefully there'll be scope for crossover with other institutions,...
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The AI Resist List

Created by We & AI, DAIR, the Refugee Law Lab and working with Karen Hao the AI Resist List is a major new effort to create a database of AI critical movements from around the world. It’s a great resource for exploring what’s going on and seeking spaces for collaboration and inspiration. I was also vaguely involved,...
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Exposure Therapy - AI Resistance Inspired by AI Hype

Between the two distant poles of thought on Artificial Intelligence - those of abolitionism and blind enthusiasm - there lays an infinite and fertile ground for eclectic resistance. In my own views I sit closer to abolition than anything, as looking at AI is more or less my day job I never struggle to find new...
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Kill AI

Spotted in Portugal...
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Monday Resistance Update #5

Bit of a lightweight contribution this week as I've been buried in paper writing recently (hopefully coming soon!) and not paid much attention to what's going on around the place. More next time no doubt... Resistance - Humanising Musk and 'The Zuck' Pedestrian crossings in California have been hacked to give out...
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(Almost) Monday Resistance Update #4

A short update today as I put out the last one on Thursday. Again, I'm running late, but things have certainly gotten busy recently. Normal schedule is slowly resuming, Tuesday is almost Monday after all... -- Article - Gen Z workers are so fearful AI will take their job they’re intentionally sabotaging their company’s...
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Monday Resistance Update #2

A roundup of some resistance relevant things I've noticed through the week, a long way from comprehensive. Articles, papers, podcasts, news etc. If anything comes up that you think should be added just get in touch. -- Article - UK Government Backs Down on Opt-Out Nonsense A victory that should never have had to be won,...
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Monday Resistance Update

Going to try to make this a habit, just sharing things I've discovered through the week. Articles, papers, podcasts, news etc. If anything comes up that you think should be added just get in touch. -- Article - ‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI A...
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