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Sources:
The AI Backlash Gets Professional theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/irreplaceable-climate-activists-ai-backlash/688404
Irreplaceable Careers irreplaceable.org/careers
I’m working with a really special group of people to build a grassroots movement to ensure AI benefits us all linkedin.com/posts/tristanzucker_im-working-with-a-really-special-group-of-activity-7493054288357638145-QIbB
Distributed Organizer Contractor https://tally.so/r/WObr6v
Stop the billionaire race to replace humanity action.eko.org/a/support-pro-human-ai-0
The Pro-Human AI Declaration (PDF) futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/pro-human-ai-declaration.pdf
Elon Musk-funded nonprofit run by MIT professor offered to finance Swedish pro-nazi group https://expo.se/nyhet/elon-musk-funded-nonprofit-run-mit-professor-offered-finance-swedish-pro-nazi-group/
The reality is there is a race between people who are trying to build a God-like entity that will basically most likely kill everyone, and us https://bsky.app/profile/pauseai.bsky.social/post/3m6wu3kb7qv2p
QuitGPT quitgpt.org
Previously on Pivot to AI:
Ineffective altruism — FTX and the future robot apocalypse davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/02/06/ineffective-altruism-ftx-and-the-future-robot-apocalypse
Vox: Arts funding is an outrage! Averting AI doom is much more effective altruism pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/12/vox-arts-funding-is-an-outrage-averting-ai-doom-is-much-more-effective-altruism
How Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI in 2023: not being an AI doom crank (and lying a lot) pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/06/how-sam-altman-got-fired-from-openai-in-2023-not-being-an-ai-doom-crank-and-lying-a-lot
video: youtube.com/watch?v=xlrBjeAtJUk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god
video: youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers
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funded by AI vendors and Effective Altruist cultists
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/02/your-guide-to-astroturf-fake-anti-ai-groups - blog post
Patreon: patreon.com/davidgerard
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/A1529D5
Buy us nice useful things (if not in the UK, set your own delivery postcode to SW1A 0AA): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6
Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com
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Social media:
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard
https://bsky.app/profile/davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy
Stop Gen AI Open House video meet stopgenai.com/open
Sources:
The AI Backlash Gets Professional theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/irreplaceable-climate-activists-ai-backlash/688404
Irreplaceable Careers irreplaceable.org/careers
I’m working with a really special group of people to build a grassroots movement to ensure AI benefits us all linkedin.com/posts/tristanzucker_im-working-with-a-really-special-group-of-activity-7493054288357638145-QIbB
Distributed Organizer Contractor https://tally.so/r/WObr6v
Stop the billionaire race to replace humanity action.eko.org/a/support-pro-human-ai-0
The Pro-Human AI Declaration (PDF) futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/pro-human-ai-declaration.pdf
Elon Musk-funded nonprofit run by MIT professor offered to finance Swedish pro-nazi group https://expo.se/nyhet/elon-musk-funded-nonprofit-run-mit-professor-offered-finance-swedish-pro-nazi-group/
The reality is there is a race between people who are trying to build a God-like entity that will basically most likely kill everyone, and us https://bsky.app/profile/pauseai.bsky.social/post/3m6wu3kb7qv2p
QuitGPT quitgpt.org
Previously on Pivot to AI:
Ineffective altruism — FTX and the future robot apocalypse davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/02/06/ineffective-altruism-ftx-and-the-future-robot-apocalypse
Vox: Arts funding is an outrage! Averting AI doom is much more effective altruism pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/12/vox-arts-funding-is-an-outrage-averting-ai-doom-is-much-more-effective-altruism
How Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI in 2023: not being an AI doom crank (and lying a lot) pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/06/how-sam-altman-got-fired-from-openai-in-2023-not-being-an-ai-doom-crank-and-lying-a-lot
video: youtube.com/watch?v=xlrBjeAtJUk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god
video: youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers
video: youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Full Pivot to AI playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Audio-only podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot-to-ai/id1844698298
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