Hundreds of People Just Marched Through London Demanding We 'Pull the Plug' on AI
One of the largest anti-AI protests ever saw hundreds march past the offices of OpenAI, Meta, and Google DeepMind. Their message was simple: stop.
Imagine walking through London and stumbling into hundreds of people chanting "Pull the plug! Stop the slop!" while marching past the headquarters of the world's biggest AI companies. That's exactly what happened this past Saturday.
Two activist groups, Pause AI and Pull the Plug, organized what they're calling the largest anti-AI protest ever. The march wound through London's King's Cross tech hub, which happens to be home to the UK offices of OpenAI, Meta, and Google DeepMind. Talk about choosing your battleground.
The signs ranged from deadly serious ("EXTINCTION=BAD") to darkly funny (one woman wore a billboard on her head reading "WHO WILL BE WHOSE TOOL?" with the Os cut out as eye holes). An older man in a sandwich board that said "AI? Over my dead body" told reporters he was worried about mass unemployment: "The devil finds work for idle hands."
What's significant here isn't just the protest itself. It's the growth curve. Back in May 2023, only two or three people showed up to heckle Sam Altman at a London talk. By mid-2025, Pause AI was drawing a few dozen. Now it's hundreds. The movement is picking up steam fast.
Whether you think AI is the best thing since sliced bread or the beginning of the end, one thing is clear: regular people are starting to have very strong opinions about it. And they're not staying quiet.
As reported by MIT Technology Review.
Source: MIT Technology Review
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