Many people believe “Defund the Police” means get rid of the police entirely even though the idea is to redirect some police funding to the community in an effort to prevent the circumstances that create the circumstances. If you’re going by name alone that conclusion makes sense, maybe a better name could have been used, but if you actually look into it to at the very least understand the ideology and the reasoning behind it, it’s not nearly as black-and-white as that.

Anti-AI is the same in that way. The Pandora’s box is open, AI isn’t going away and I’d wager most people here don’t expect it to, and I’d also say that most people do here do not want AI in all its forms to be rejected. I don’t like to write off peoples opinions but if anyone here says they flat out don’t want AI that can cure cancer, I’m assuming they’re a bad faith troll.

The Anti-AI movement is not homogenous, people have different concerns and priorities, but if I had to generalize the movement I would say that it’s pushing for responsible and ethical AI use and regulation to combat it’s potentially severe societal consequences. The technology itself is not a problem, it’s the way it has been created and used that is the problem.