Aline Blankertz1d ago

What are good examples of concrete acts of resistance against "AI"? I am putting together an overview and am surely missing great stuff!

I have:
Data centre opposition (thx to @gerrymcgovern )
Examples of sabotage from @asrg
Some ideas about practical refusal from @danmcquillan

Also everyday acts are great (such as not following orders to use "AI") if they are documented somewhere, somehow. Most references tend to be rather vague (e.g. in this otherwise great article
https://restofworld.org/2026/techno-negative-thomas-dekeyser-fighting-ai/)

Why refusing AI is a fight for the soul

Author Thomas Dekeyser explains why modern resistance to Big Tech is a deeply sane response to a narrow vision of humanity.

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@alineblankertz

In addition to what others have said, you can resist as a human being:

  • Reply with an AI;DR to emails or messages containing #AIslop.

  • Change your email signature to something along the lines of:

Using so-called "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) is a waste of energy and exacerbates climate change.
If you are short on time, there is no need to generate an reply to this. Raw bullet points are very acceptable. Stay human!

@gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan

Mar 28 at 7:16pmWeb