Friday, September 18, 2026

Meanwhile, In San Francisco: "Protesters call on S.F. OpenAI, Anthropic employees to quit their jobs..."

From the San Francisco Chronicle, September 17:

Several dozen people gathered Thursday morning to protest tech giants OpenAI and Anthropic amid growing concerns that the artificial intelligence companies could endanger humanity....

....MUCH MORE 

There will have to be some sort of incident, AI-wise to get those numbers up.

Not talking this sort of incident in Montreal yesterday:

19-year-old man arrested after anti-AI protest in downtown Montreal

An anti-artificial intelligence protest held near the All In conference in Montreal turned violent Wednesday evening, leading to one arrest.

The march was organized by the group Résistance Montréal to denounce the risks associated with AI. It took place on Jeanne-Mance Street, between René-Lévesque Boulevard and Sainte-Catherine Street....

....MORE, Montreal City News 

Rather, something rogue or titillating or obviously dangerous on the part of an LLM. 
Something to give protesters that secret frisson.

It's coming.