Abolish AI: Lobste.rs manifesto calls for AI abolition tied to anti-capitalism

The essay positions AI abolition alongside historical abolitionist projects such as the abolition of slavery, prisons, police, and the family. It argues that each of these movements worked toward a positive liberatory alternative rather than merely opposing an institution, and it places AI in the same lineage. The author also notes that many proponents of those earlier movements concluded their goals were impossible within capitalism, and extends that logic to AI. The manifesto is careful to distinguish abolishing AI from abolishing technology broadly: it says the models themselves may continue to exist in mathematical space, but what must be abolished is the cultural practice of outsourcing thinking. It cites Frederic Jameson's remark that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, then counters that alternatives are feasible because humans lived without slavery, prisons, police, and AI for most of history. The essay ends with a list of personal and collective actions, from re-skilling and community-building to demonstrations, conferences, and direct action.