Pause AI Day
It would be great to establish one day as a Pause AI Day (preferably the first Saturday or Sunday of March - March 7/8 for 2026)* to have an annual globally recognized day to:
However:
- Pressure Institutional and Country Accountability - pressuring AI companies to shutdown even for just a day to do safety protocols, updates, tests to ensure safe AI, and for countries to make, revise, and pass legislations on AI safety.
- Increase public awareness - increase petition signatures, get more social media attetntion, and have more people knowledgeable about AI safety to join the movement.
- Establish Cultural Shift - encourage community engagement and position AI safety as a shared responsibility.
- Establish Pause AI day website, social media, and brand
- Local community participation to hold Pause AI day
- Identify similar events and partners
- Sharing of materials (videos, designs, branding, posts, etc.)
- Increase new local communities and information database
- Identify needs, concerns, and challenges in various regions
However:
- Most legislative decisions globally happen during the months of April onwards.
- Institutions would have lesser concerns shutting down during the weekends, which would have a greater chance of them participating and supporting the event.
- Most people would be willing to join protests or activities during the weekend.
