Interestingly enough, I sort of want to say that your movement examples are interesting mostly in their failure modes, albeit the anti-vax movement was probably the closest to success. However AGI is a new problem, so sustained backlash could plausibly slow or stop AGI as long as it’s bipartisan.
Yes; it might also happen that AGI attitudes get politically polarized and become a highly partisan issue, just as crypto almost became (with Republicans generally pro-crypto, and Democrats generally anti-crypto). Hard to predict which direction this could go—Leftist economic populists like AOC might be anti-AI for the unemployment and inequality effects; religious conservatives might be anti-AI based more on moral disgust at simulated souls.
Interestingly enough, I sort of want to say that your movement examples are interesting mostly in their failure modes, albeit the anti-vax movement was probably the closest to success. However AGI is a new problem, so sustained backlash could plausibly slow or stop AGI as long as it’s bipartisan.
Yes; it might also happen that AGI attitudes get politically polarized and become a highly partisan issue, just as crypto almost became (with Republicans generally pro-crypto, and Democrats generally anti-crypto). Hard to predict which direction this could go—Leftist economic populists like AOC might be anti-AI for the unemployment and inequality effects; religious conservatives might be anti-AI based more on moral disgust at simulated souls.