I find the idea of protesting AI in order to raise awareness of the possible concerns interesting, but not this black-or-white, us-or-them hot take of it. Nor do I feel like the organizers can be taken seriously when they are tying their efforts to one physical location. If AI were limited to one physical location, their fears would be unfounded to begin with, wouldn't they?<p>I'd be far more likely to support efforts targeted at raising awareness of the energy consumption of AI infrastructures, and efforts to balance that resource usage with positive impact that it brings. (Which implies we need to start evaluating whether or not AI usage is positive.)