In short
- AI activist Guido Reichstadter ended his 30-day hunger strike, launched outside of anthropic to protest against uncontrolled AI development.
- The protest attracted global attention to ‘Ai Doomers’, who warn frontier Labs, racing to unsafe super intelligence.
- Guido says that his fasting might be over, but his campaign for transparency and accountability in AI governance will continue.
Guido Reichstadter, an AI “Doomer”, abruptly ended his Participation in a global hunger strike on Wednesday After 30 days of fasting.
“I am doing well because I rebuild my strength to continue the fight,” he tweeted.
The fasting of Reichstadter started at the beginning of September, outside the offices of San Francisco van Anthropic, the AI-LAB founded by former OpenAi managers. From the beginning, the demonstrator promised to consume only electrolytes, vitamins and water – no calories – as a means to force confrontation with one of the most powerful laboratories in AI development.
Anthropic, the creator of Claude, are also the most open safety -conscious teams in space.
At the same time, parallel hunger strikes were created worldwide. In London, Michael Trazzi (a former AI researcher) started a similar fast outside of Google’s DeepMind headquarters; Others arrived or tried to follow the example. But Trazzi and another demonstrator, Denys Sheremet, ended their strikes earlier, stating health problems. Reichstadter remained behind as the only visible Doomer who maintained fasting.
Journalists have him shading. Passers – delivery drivers, guards, employees – are unintended witnesses. His signs and messages often the same chorus: that AI development was recklessly pushed, with possible existential consequences.
He has clearly framed his requirements: anthropic should admit the danger, stop the development of the AI border and be able to enter into a public accountability. Neither an anthropic nor Google have commented on the hunger strikes.
Why end now?
Hunger attacks are serious aids. They bear the risk of irreversible damage. Their moral power is based on vulnerability. But that power also expires as soon as the strikers have been admitted to the hospital, incapacitated for work or completely ignored. In other words: the protest must press a point before it becomes a medical spectacle.
Reaction on social media was Usually positive To his protest.
Note of the editors: This story was updated after publication to correct the number of days in the head.
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