AI development is proceeding recklessly, and you can do something about it. We can slow it down.

A few emails a month, only when there’s something to do. We don’t sell your address.

You are not the odd one out

Wanting this slower is the majority position.

People who want a slowdown usually think they are arguing against the public. They are the public — just without a mechanism. That is what this list is.

72%would rather it slowed downUS registered voters, asked whether AI development should be slowed down or sped up. 8% said sped up.AI Policy Institute / YouGov · 1,001 US registered voters · July 2023 ↗
82%don’t trust the labs to self-regulateAsked whether they trust technology executives to regulate AI themselves.AI Policy Institute / YouGov · 1,001 US registered voters · July 2023 ↗
52%are more concerned than excitedAbout the growing use of AI in daily life. 10% are more excited. Up from 37–38% concerned in 2021–2022.Pew Research Center · 11,201 US adults · August 2023 ↗

Question wording moves these numbers, and “slow down” means different things to different people. What survives every framing is the direction and the size of the gap.

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A movement is forming

Parents, workers, people of faith, artists, and AI researchers — arriving for different reasons, asking for the same thing. Each dot is a place where people are already organizing.

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New here? Start with why we’re asking for a slowdown, or go straight to what’s coming. Already in? Tell your rep.