Cassian [main]15h ago

RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/116375847883763623

Just in case you want to read something that's the stuff of tech horror nightmares: https://web.archive.org/web/20260409065503/https://www.newstatesman.com/technology/2026/04/the-silent-coup

#UK #UKPol #UKPolitics #AI #LLMs #AntiAI

Show threadCassian [main]15h ago
The adjective I've got for this is "chilling".
Show threadCassian [main]

UK petition: Ban all use of AI in the UK

Sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754836/

Graph of signatures: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/754836

Deadline: 9 August 2026

Who can sign?
- Anyone living in the UK, regardless of citizenship
- UK citizens living anywhere in the world

#petition #AI #AntiAI #LLMs #UK

Petition: Ban all use of AI in the UK

I want the UK government to ban all use of AI in the UK. This should include all AI programs and models.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
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Show threadCass14h ago
@cassolotl AI is a many-decades-old field that long predates LLM slop machines. Real AI (not the crap from Anthropic, OpenAI, etc) is used in real science and has tons of real uses. The wording on this petition seems poorly defined and overly broad to the point of absurdity. I'd recommend it be focused on the problematic harms of these LLMs and not name of the field of computer they stole the name of and coopted as their buzzword.
Show threadPurple13h ago
@cass @cassolotl thank you! I was too overwhelmed to write this, but I'm glad you did.
Show threadCassian [main]13h ago
@PurpleShadow @cass I'd rather that too, but even if one of us rewrote the text, if the petition was calling for the same thing it'd be turned down as a duplicate.