Is now the time to Boycott Chat GPT? I've raised boycotts here before and EAs seem a bit allergic, but I think @Rutger Bregman makes a strong case. Costs little, the time seems ripe and it might achieve something big.

If there was even a 5% chance that a boycott could seriously either harm Open AI or make them reform their approach (optimistic?) it, might it be worth putting some energy or even EA money into supporting this cause? Unfortunately OpenPhil probably couldn't as they have such a conflict of interest with Anthropic, but others could. That is if money is even needed to support htis.

I'm not sure about this but one short Linkedin post almost sold me on it! This guy Bregman sure knows how to communicate....

"... The Montgomery Bus Boycott wasn't a protest against all of American segregation. It targeted one bus company, in one city. A year later, it had broken the back of segregated transit.

I believe we're looking at a similar moment right now with ChatGPT.

Most people don't know that ChatGPT's president, Greg Brockman, donated $25 million to Trump's MAGA Super [...]

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