Aline BlankertzMar 28

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.

Rest of World
Show threadartfulrobot
@alineblankertz
A client got a contract to deliver an "AI product" and needed me to implement. I said I thought the goal of the project was great from the clients' point of view but that the funder's needs were just to addict folx to AI. AI wouldn't even be needed to do what client wanted! I agreed to implement the project with a non AI algorithm and a plugin contract so he could add on the AI bit. As a result it's less than 1% AI, and it works well!
Apr 2 at 7:42pmWeb
Show threadartfulrobot6d ago
@alineblankertz I guess more abstractly: take their money to do something good but minimize the AI part, and ensure it can be replaced should it prove not that useful.