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Conservatives are organizing a national anti-AI protest on July 18th

2026-07-02 20:00 UTC

The political right hates AI a little less than the left, but not by super much, and some forces from the emerging America First movement are getting ready to protest AI’s invasiveness and capacity for manipulation. The org is called Humans First, and they’re trying to have a 50501-style nationwide protest about it on July 18th. If both sides cooperate on this one, good things can actually happen, so this should get talked about. A lot. www.humansfirst.com

Replies (9)

  • @bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 11:31

    Fake ass protest. Conservatives love AI. The cool new shill tactic is to pretend to be anti-AI or “concerned about AI” so they can hijack the conversation and re-direct people’s focus away from actual change and regulation. They bring up do-nothing solutions like “Local LLMs” or a there being a “public stake” in the industry. Lemmy is absolutely thick with these cockroaches.

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  • @lyrial@anarchist.nexus 2026-07-03 19:25

    Holy shit that site is cancer, both visually and politically. I would love to be involved in a mass protest against AI, but I'd rather not feel obligated to punch a Nazi in the process.

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  • Occupy Wall Street taught us one thing; trying to cooperate with conservatives is like trying to fuck a cactus. In theory, it could fit in that hole. In practice, it'll do more damage than anything else.

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  • @november@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-07-03 02:23

    > Humans First is a conservative social movement that is dedicated to ensuring that the future of AI is in the hands of everyday people. That doesn't sound anti-AI to me.

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  • @Signtist@bookwyr.me 2026-07-02 20:11

    Man, even when they're doing something good, they still have to frame it as "I come first!"

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  • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-07-03 03:39

    Guess I’ll have to ask AI to draw the state lines in on that map…

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  • @Smaile@lemmy.ca 2026-07-03 02:26

    lefties should use it as an opportunity for solidarity.

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  • @TootSweet@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 02:26

    This feels super weird. Would they turn liberals away if they showed up? (Or at least tell them to go protest across the street because “this side is for anti-globalists” or whatever.) I dunno, just seems odd to try to create a popular movement specifically by alienating people who would agree with them on that particular issue.

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  • @baines@lemmy.cafe 2026-07-03 05:29

    what? it’s coming from your own people

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