I interviewed Guido Reichstader, who is on Day 16 of his Hunger Strike at Anthropic headquarters. (as of date of the recording)
"I can't live with myself if I let the society sleepwalk into disaster. Right? I can't live with myself if I don't do everything in my power to ensure there's a world for my children."
"I go out on the street. I've talked to hundreds thousands of people. Many of them many of them immediately say oh yes this AI thing, they're going to end up killing us all."
"So, for example, in the Birmingham campaign, the children's march that I mentioned earlier, 5,000 school children were arrested and spent some time in jail. But it changed the public perception of an entire country. It got attention at the level of the national government and it led directly to the introduction of the civil rights act."
"The core founding principle of Stop AI is that super intelligence is inherently too dangerous of a technology ever to be built. This is in contrast to the position of for example Pause AI which says it should not be built until it can be done safely."
"As to why Yudkowsky is not on hunger strike. That's a good question. People can find many different reasons not to do things."
00:00 Preview
1:17 Guido's background
10:49 Status dynamics in San Francisco
16:29 Courage, not rational argument
24:18 Stop AI vs Pause AI
33:41 Stop AI vs Yudkowsky
39:18 Reaching consensus
43:41 Fundraising strategy
51:56 Strike duration, Personal responsibility
57:44 Call to action for viewers
Guido Reichstader recommends everyone check out: stopai.info