Raemon

I chose the current slogan for design expecting that, if the march ever became a serious priority, someone would put a lot more thought into what sort of slogans or policy asks are appropriate.

The current page is meant to just be a fairly obvious thing to click yes on if you read the book and were persuaded.

To give some example.

One alternate framing I considered and pitched Miri on was build an off switch, where the immediate ask is more like lay some political and infrastructure groundwork to make it at least possible to stop AGI development later.

There are a few other frames that have been discussed.

My personal guess, not speaking for Miri, is a protest this large necessarily needs to be a bigger tent than the current design implies, but figuring out the exact messaging is a moderately complex task.

Right now it just seemed worth spending any effort at all on letting people know on LW who might just obviously want to sign up for the current thing.

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Heading FAQ Subheading What's the goal of the Don't Build It March?

We're calling for an international treaty to ban the development of artificial superintelligence, ASI.

Subheading

Why?

We believe that if any company or group, anywhere on the planet, builds an artificial superintelligence using anything remotely like current techniques, based on anything remotely like the present understanding of AI, then everyone, everywhere on earth, will die.

We do not mean that as hyperbole.

We are not exaggerating for effect.

We think that is the most direct extrapolation from the knowledge, evidence, and institutional conduct around artificial intelligence today.

Subheading Why do you think that?

AI companies are racing to create artificial superintelligence while having no idea what they're doing.

This is a bad idea according to theory.

And in practice, the warning signs are mounting.