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EPISODE · Jun 5, 2026 · 22 MIN

“One Year of PauseAI UK” by Joseph Miller, PauseAI UK

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About one year ago, I started spending most of my time organising PauseAI UK. At that time our largest protest had seen fewer than 50 attendees, no prominent politicians or scientists were associated with PauseAI, and I largely ran the UK chapter by myself. In the past year PauseAI UK has delivered two conferences, written an open letter signed by 63 UK politicians, arranged a conference in the European Parliament, and co-organised the largest AI protest in the world. We now have a strong team, with Matilda da Rui joining as Deputy Director and several highly dedicated volunteers taking on substantial responsibility and launching their own local groups around the UK. I'm proud of our track record and excited about the trajectory we are on. As AI capabilities improve exponentially, the number of people aware of the risks and motivated to take action increases commensurately. I believe we can harness this energy and turn it into real impact that actually improves humanity's chance of a positive future. Track Record June 2025 – PauseCon London We delivered the first PauseAI conference, PauseCon, on behalf of PauseAI Global, bringing together around 60 volunteers from around the world for the first time [...] ---Outline:(01:14) Track Record(01:17) June 2025 - PauseCon London(02:10) August 2025 - Open Letter to Demis Hassabis(03:00) September 2025 - Book launch party(03:30) October 2025 - Documentary Screening in Parliament(04:04) December 2025 - Westminster Hall Debate(04:35) February 2026 - PauseCon Brussels(06:02) February 2026 - March for AI Safety(07:01) Theory of Change and Strategy(07:05) Creating the political momentum for a pause(07:48) Our mission(09:54) Positive outcomes for PauseAI UK(10:19) Scenario 1: PauseAI as a special interest group(11:54) Scenario 2: PauseAI as a mass movement(12:53) High-level strategy(12:57) Brand and messaging(15:32) Why the UK?(16:34) Growth(19:03) Short-term plans(21:30) Funding --- First published: June 5th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/i2rCbxuskrarrprwA/one-year-of-pauseai-uk --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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