Hi, im Percy. Im a software engineer from Portland, Oregon.

As many of you, i am concerned at the pace of advancements in the sphere of artificial intelligence. The release of GPT4, and article's by Eliezer Yudkowsky, has become my wakeup call to take action. To slow down the speed of ai development.

In approximately 2 weeks, i am planning to fly to San Francisco and organize a week long picket around OpenAI's headquarters.

My goal would be to get attention of the news, media, journalists, get positive coverage, and inform more people about the real dangers associated with AI, and ultimately recruit more supporters to the cause.

Right now i am in the planning stage, on how exactly to approach this. My current ideas are:

Contact and inform journalists beforehand, so that they will be there in time to give me coverage.

Develop clear message, and demands, and best approach to this protest. Clear explanation of ai dangers that anybody can understand.

Make props: signs, papers, slogans, etc, that catches the eye.

Improve and practice my public speaking, get feedback.

Get help, ideas, feedback from the people and communities that share my worries. From individuals, members of lesswrong in the Bay Area. Or anybody. Be it financial, a place to stay, wisdom, connections, help from people who work in PR, feedback, etc.

We are living in extraordinary times. We could be the last generation of humans to ever live. We owe to our loved ones, to our children, to the entirety of humanity, a duty to avert a crisis, and ensure a brighter future.

So, who is with me?

Please, give me all the help you can give. Assist me in my act.

Mary Newby

Mary Newby

Mary Newby

Mary Newby