On Monday night, I was at Webster Hall in New York for the People’s AI Assembly, hosted by the AI Now Institute and More Perfect Union. The sold-out event featured a wide range of speakers, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Ilana Glazer, and KeShaun Pearson.
But the room also mattered. Webster Hall has been a gathering place since 1886. Workers have organized strikes there. Activists rallied there to defend immigrants on trial. Queer New Yorkers threw drag balls there that are still legendary. And this week, the space filled up with people who refuse the future the AI industry is selling us.
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