

I agree with this article. Locally we have had themost success with Barbecue cookouts and Karaoke nights. People like participatory fun, and it builds a sense of community. I also like group singing, such as rounds, which can also bring a sense of cohesion and unity.







Interesting read but I ultimately don’t agree with it. I would argue that focusing on and opposing the physical infrastructure related to an industry people opposed is far more productive than focusing on federal policy for a nascent popular movement. I still think a lot of work is needed before an anti-AI movement is genuinely threatening, but a movement that threatens the vital infrastructure of its enemy and thus has the potential to understand things in terms of supply chains represent strategies with some potential.
Secondly I don’t agree with the premise of the argument that ecological impacts are overstated. All ecological impacts of AI slop generators and the data centers and power plants necessary to run them are objectively luxury emissions. Even if they are less significant than, say, those ecological impacts produced in the steel making industry (unsure if this specific example is correct, fairly immaterial) steel is actually significantly useful to humanity so the discussion of how to reduce emissions is qualitatively different.