The Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist

> Sam Kirchner wants to save the world from artificial superintelligence. He’s been missing for two weeks.

As ineffective demonstrating has been to slow the spread of fascism and authoritarianism, I feel demonstrating will have even less effect on trillion dollar corporations hell-bent on forcing ai into every aspect of society.

Meanwhile, on another news website: "Cops still searching for ‘volatile’ activist whose death threats shut down OpenAI office The ChatGPT maker’s HQ was locked down after a former member of the protest group Stop AI allegedly threatened murder."[1]

[1]: https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/openai-protester-shut-down...

while I loath all things "AI", I also see it as an inevitable phase in humanities adoption of digital technology, and the sooner it dies under it's own failures, the better. The doom loop of self referentialism, and forced engagement has ended real growth and is reducing actual human productivity and efficiency, while making it painfully obvios that "economic performance" (ha!), only applies to rich people

> The Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist

At least he didn't kill himself, with a shot in the back, like some Boeing whistleblower. /s