Copy of Stand with Humanity: An AI Safety & Ethics Action Evening
- ALL AGES
A get-together for anyone concerned about the harms powerful AI is creating; help fight for a future with only safe & ethical AI!
Date and time
Location
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland)
4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213Refund Policy
Agenda
6:00 PM
Welcome
6:15 PM
Projects & 1:1 Meetings
7:30 PM
Social (Optional)
About this event
- Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
- ALL AGES
- Paid venue parking
PauseAI is a global, nonviolent social movement dedicated to safe & ethical AI development. We are pushing aggressively for government action to slow down the development race and refocus on safety. To accomplish this audacious goal, we need your help!
This is our PauseAI action meeting for the city of Pittsburgh: at this meeting, you'll meet other members concerned about AI safety, take concrete action to notify your government officials about the stakes, and use your skills to contribute to PauseAI's projects.
Why Pause AI?
Current AI models have already proven they can regurgitate copyrighted work, autonomously reproduce, lie about being able to autonomously reproduce, create nerve gas, empower terrorists, collude to fix prices, encourage children to commit suicide, deliver bombs, hire dark web hitmen, de-anonymize passersby, replace most human employment and unpredictably launch nuclear weapons. And this is the least capable it will ever be.
Meanwhile, companies and governments are funding AI as fast as they can get approval, with US companies alone committing to spend an incomprehensible $560 billion (about the cost to build the entire Interstate Highway system) during just January 2025. While many AI leaders acknowledge the risks, nobody is willing to put money or actions behind those words to make the technology safer.
We are not prepared for the consequences.
Frequently asked questions
While the LLMs you use may make you feel seen and understood, or help you do work faster, it's not your friend. AI has already caused a number of serious harms to people like you, and experts expect far more in the future unless the way we develop these technologies changes to focus on safety.
No! We only advocate for pausing the development of the largest general-purpose AI systems like ChatGPT 4, Deepseek, Gemini, etc. AI for specific, monitored uses could have enormous benefits to public health, socializing, the internet, etc, and their development is unlikely to create global harms.
Yes! This is not a technical group. We need people good at art, socializing, design, project management, and other skills for current projects. That said, we also welcome people with technical backgrounds, particularly in AI.
We are a community of 2700 volunteers and local communities coordinated by a global organization that aims to mitigate the most catastrophic harms of AI. We believe the best path to accomplish this is through international treaties and nonviolent social uprisings.
PauseAI is a volunteer-run and volunteer-funded organization. Since February 2024, PauseAI is a registered non-profit foundation, and we have received many donations from generous individuals. We’ve also received 20k in funding from the LightSpeed network.