Pro-Human AI Declaration unites left and right against AI power concentration

The Future of Life Institute released the Pro-Human AI Declaration, a document with five guidelines on centering AI development on humanity, signed by an unusually broad coalition. Signatories include the AFL-CIO, Screen Writers Guild, American Federation of Teachers, progressive groups that drafted Bernie Sanders to run, Glenn Beck, Steve Bannon, Ralph Nader, and Signal Foundation president Meredith Whittaker. The declaration emerged from a secret January conference in New Orleans where 90 political and thought leaders, who didn't know who else was invited, debated AI's future. The guidelines focus on preventing power concentration, protecting children and communities, and preserving human agency.

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