Author: Tania Duarte
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Challenging the inevitability of AI – by debunking “rogue AI will kill us all”
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Published in Long readsIt might seem strange that while hype over “rogue” AI agents plays out daily in the media, this has not resulted in penalties for the companies that were not testing safely. Strange that it has not increased support for the AI governance that many have been asking for. And that it has not resulted in the AI companies who are ‘asking to be regulated’ doing more to protect consumers. Instead, it has resulted in Donald Trump increasing his opposition to regulation (1); in focus shifting to regulating “ASI” (2) (rather than the many existing bills and policy recommendations which address…
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Three reflections on AI and Democracy from the AI Resist List
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Published in Long readsThe development and deployment of large-scale generative AI has been a massively undemocratic enterprise. But there are many resisting the pull, and in May 2026 we started the AI Resist List to document them. A journalistic endeavor led by Karen Hao and AI researchers, journalists, and critical scholars, we came together through a shared desire to tell the underreported stories of how people are refusing to accept that better futures are not possible. We called it a “Resist List” because we believe that resistance is inherently generative. Resistance paves the way for new ideas, thoughts, and projects. Resistance is at…