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What are good examples of concrete acts of resistance against "AI"?

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  • alineblankertz@indieweb.socialA alineblankertz@indieweb.social

    What are good examples of concrete acts of resistance against "AI"? I am putting together an overview and am surely missing great stuff!

    I have:
    Data centre opposition (thx to @gerrymcgovern )
    Examples of sabotage from @asrg
    Some ideas about practical refusal from @danmcquillan

    Also everyday acts are great (such as not following orders to use "AI") if they are documented somewhere, somehow. Most references tend to be rather vague (e.g. in this otherwise great article
    https://restofworld.org/2026/techno-negative-thomas-dekeyser-fighting-ai/)

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    #26

    @alineblankertz

    In addition to what others have said, you can resist as a human being:

    • Reply with an AI;DR to emails or messages containing #AIslop.

    • Change your email signature to something along the lines of:

    Using so-called "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) is a waste of energy and exacerbates climate change.
    If you are short on time, there is no need to generate an reply to this. Raw bullet points are very acceptable. Stay human!

    @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan

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    • hadokowa@mas.toH hadokowa@mas.to

      @alineblankertz

      @Aepasek

      I install this ublock list on every machine, it (among many things) removes ai results from search engines, which are often the entry door for people..

      Link Preview Image
      GitHub - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist: A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist.

      A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist. - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

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      GitHub (github.com)

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      #27

      @hadokowa

      An excellent list that sadly seems to become outdated (maintenance has stalled, for unknown reasons).

      While waiting for an update, you might consider using this fork:

      Link Preview Image
      uBlockOrigin-AI-Blocklist

      uBlockOrigin-AI-Blocklist - Fork and expansion of laylavish' AI blocklist on github. Manually curated blocklist for uBlock Origin and uBlacklist aiming to remove ai results from search engine results. Currently supports DDG, Bing, Google, Startpage and Brave.

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      Codeberg.org (codeberg.org)

      @alineblankertz @Aepasek

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      • coba@gruene.socialC coba@gruene.social

        @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan

        This movement @tunubesecamirio

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        wrote last edited by
        #28

        @coba @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan
        Thanks!!!

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        • mariamannone@fediscience.orgM mariamannone@fediscience.org

          @megaphon @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan Maybe they do not want to hire and pay artists to draw. Same happens with music. Very few people are interested in new artworks. Even less are willing to pay for them.

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          #29

          @mariamannone @alineblankertz

          I know :')

          Since you're Potsdam based, I assume 1. you know some German and 2. you might therefore enjoy this AI, art and cake themed take:
          https://mastodon.social/@megaphon/114714833613291050

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          • alineblankertz@indieweb.socialA alineblankertz@indieweb.social

            What are good examples of concrete acts of resistance against "AI"? I am putting together an overview and am surely missing great stuff!

            I have:
            Data centre opposition (thx to @gerrymcgovern )
            Examples of sabotage from @asrg
            Some ideas about practical refusal from @danmcquillan

            Also everyday acts are great (such as not following orders to use "AI") if they are documented somewhere, somehow. Most references tend to be rather vague (e.g. in this otherwise great article
            https://restofworld.org/2026/techno-negative-thomas-dekeyser-fighting-ai/)

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            #30

            @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan Learn a skill that they make “obsolete” (drawing, writing, coding, etc) and post about it, even if you dont think its all that good.

            I’ve been learning to draw for the last year now

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            • megaphon@mastodon.socialM megaphon@mastodon.social

              @mariamannone @alineblankertz

              I know :')

              Since you're Potsdam based, I assume 1. you know some German and 2. you might therefore enjoy this AI, art and cake themed take:
              https://mastodon.social/@megaphon/114714833613291050

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              @megaphon @alineblankertz Ausgezeichnet!

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              • scavello@mastodon.gamedev.placeS scavello@mastodon.gamedev.place

                @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan Learn a skill that they make “obsolete” (drawing, writing, coding, etc) and post about it, even if you dont think its all that good.

                I’ve been learning to draw for the last year now

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                @scavello @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan I do sewing alterations and repairs.

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                • alineblankertz@indieweb.socialA alineblankertz@indieweb.social

                  What are good examples of concrete acts of resistance against "AI"? I am putting together an overview and am surely missing great stuff!

                  I have:
                  Data centre opposition (thx to @gerrymcgovern )
                  Examples of sabotage from @asrg
                  Some ideas about practical refusal from @danmcquillan

                  Also everyday acts are great (such as not following orders to use "AI") if they are documented somewhere, somehow. Most references tend to be rather vague (e.g. in this otherwise great article
                  https://restofworld.org/2026/techno-negative-thomas-dekeyser-fighting-ai/)

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                  #33

                  @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan

                  AI is about as "cool" as a red MAGA hat.

                  Push that "uncool" AI image. because it is true and accurate and it hits. No one worth talking to is still MAGA. Anyone worth talking to, already hates them.

                  and educate. IRL and online, educate yourself, your friends, your co-workers,-- and, if you have kids, educate them, especially them.

                  Anti-AI talking points are not hard to find--use them.

                  Track, publicize and oppose new datacenters.

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                  • alineblankertz@indieweb.socialA alineblankertz@indieweb.social

                    What are good examples of concrete acts of resistance against "AI"? I am putting together an overview and am surely missing great stuff!

                    I have:
                    Data centre opposition (thx to @gerrymcgovern )
                    Examples of sabotage from @asrg
                    Some ideas about practical refusal from @danmcquillan

                    Also everyday acts are great (such as not following orders to use "AI") if they are documented somewhere, somehow. Most references tend to be rather vague (e.g. in this otherwise great article
                    https://restofworld.org/2026/techno-negative-thomas-dekeyser-fighting-ai/)

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                    #34

                    @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan

                    The simplest act opposition against #Ai is to engage with politicians to lobby to #regulateAi

                    It's so effective, Thiel says it's an act of #Antichrist

                    Everything else is just window dressing.

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                    • penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.orgP penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org

                      @hadokowa

                      An excellent list that sadly seems to become outdated (maintenance has stalled, for unknown reasons).

                      While waiting for an update, you might consider using this fork:

                      Link Preview Image
                      uBlockOrigin-AI-Blocklist

                      uBlockOrigin-AI-Blocklist - Fork and expansion of laylavish' AI blocklist on github. Manually curated blocklist for uBlock Origin and uBlacklist aiming to remove ai results from search engine results. Currently supports DDG, Bing, Google, Startpage and Brave.

                      favicon

                      Codeberg.org (codeberg.org)

                      @alineblankertz @Aepasek

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                      #35

                      @penguinrebellion @hadokowa @alineblankertz @Aepasek Just added this to my Pi-Hole. Thanks.

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                      • n_dimension@infosec.exchangeN n_dimension@infosec.exchange

                        @alineblankertz @gerrymcgovern @asrg @danmcquillan

                        The simplest act opposition against #Ai is to engage with politicians to lobby to #regulateAi

                        It's so effective, Thiel says it's an act of #Antichrist

                        Everything else is just window dressing.

                        alineblankertz@indieweb.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #36

                        @n_dimension
                        I strongly disagree. Wanting to “regulate AI” is to legitimise the existence of “AI”. That is not what I understand as refusal or resistance.

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                        • alineblankertz@indieweb.socialA alineblankertz@indieweb.social

                          @n_dimension
                          I strongly disagree. Wanting to “regulate AI” is to legitimise the existence of “AI”. That is not what I understand as refusal or resistance.

                          n_dimension@infosec.exchangeN This user is from outside of this forum
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                          #37

                          @alineblankertz

                          We legitimise the existence of carcinogenic cigarettes

                          We legitimise the existence of militaries

                          We legitimise the existence of usurious "banking" system that literally destroys lives

                          We legitimise the existence of industry that destroys earth life support systems

                          We legitimise the existence of an economic system based in exploitation of the workers

                          I could go on forever...

                          The alternative to prohibition is regulation.
                          And if for some freaky reason, #Ai dissapears, the only people who will have access to Ai will be billionaires and thats not the future you think you want.

                          The #AiBubble, if it happens will just mean consolidation of the industry into fewer hands.

                          Unlike most of the Luddites who are just going through their first #AiAnxiety, I've had 35 years to think about AI and humanity, #RegulateAi is the only rational way to mitigate the #Airisks

                          That's not just my opinion, it's what the international peak science and political class thinks (Bletchely and Seoul agreements)

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