Executive summary: This guide provides practical strategies for protecting oneself when facing potential retaliation from AI labs, drawing from personal experience to help whistleblowers and critics maintain their safety, security, and well-being while holding powerful organizations accountable.
Key points:
Threat landscape includes multiple actors: AI labs, international investors, private contractors, and “true believers” who may coordinate sophisticated pressure campaigns through various channels.
Essential security measures include basic digital hardening (encrypted messaging, two-factor authentication), building trusted support networks, and strategic temporary relocation away from predictable locations.
Create information insurance through legal protection and distributed backup systems (“dead man’s switch”) to ensure critical information isn’t lost.
Maintain mental and physical health through professional support, social connections, and creating secure spaces for decompression.
Secure proper legal representation early (watching for conflict-of-interest tactics), engage law enforcement when needed, and work carefully with journalists.
More Light organization being established to provide systematic support for AI whistleblowers through vetted professional networks and strategic guidance.
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Executive summary: This guide provides practical strategies for protecting oneself when facing potential retaliation from AI labs, drawing from personal experience to help whistleblowers and critics maintain their safety, security, and well-being while holding powerful organizations accountable.
Key points:
Threat landscape includes multiple actors: AI labs, international investors, private contractors, and “true believers” who may coordinate sophisticated pressure campaigns through various channels.
Essential security measures include basic digital hardening (encrypted messaging, two-factor authentication), building trusted support networks, and strategic temporary relocation away from predictable locations.
Create information insurance through legal protection and distributed backup systems (“dead man’s switch”) to ensure critical information isn’t lost.
Maintain mental and physical health through professional support, social connections, and creating secure spaces for decompression.
Secure proper legal representation early (watching for conflict-of-interest tactics), engage law enforcement when needed, and work carefully with journalists.
More Light organization being established to provide systematic support for AI whistleblowers through vetted professional networks and strategic guidance.
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