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AI Lab Employees Urged to Consider Industry-Wide Strike for Safety Demands

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An opinion piece on LessWrong suggests that AI lab employees should consider organizing an industry-wide strike before companies go public. The author proposes several potential demands for such a strike, including ensuring a "merge and assist" clause is followed, allocating a portion of compute to theoretical alignment research, and using compute for lobbying efforts towards an international AI treaty or specific political entities. The goal of these demands is to influence AI development and safety practices more directly than individual resignations. AI

IMPACT Could potentially influence AI development and safety practices if employees organize.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece suggesting a course of action for AI lab employees.

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AI Lab Employees Urged to Consider Industry-Wide Strike for Safety Demands

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Christopher King ·

    AI lab employees should consider a strike before it's too late!

    <p>Before AI copies their expertise, I think AI lab employees should try to coordinate an industry wide strike! I think this could be especially effective before the IPOs. If successful, it could be much more effective than quitting individually. Quitting weakens the company, but…

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