Chapter seven

I will not learn for greed

A public pledge for high school, college, and graduate students. Sign it, share it, organize around it.

I believe my mind is a gift, and that gifts exist to be given.

I believe education is the formation of conscience and capability together — and that knowledge without conscience is a weapon.

I believe every human being has a right to dignified work, and that no corporation has the moral right to engineer the mass replacement of human livelihood for shareholder profit.

Therefore, I pledge

I will not devote my studies or my labor to building AGI systems whose purpose is the replacement of human workers for the enrichment of shareholders.
I will ask of every course, every internship, and every job offer: who does this serve, and who does this harm?
I will bring my conscience — my faith, my ethics, my love of my fellow human beings — into every classroom and every workplace, and I will not check it at the recruiter’s door.
I will use my talents for the betterment of humanity: for healing, teaching, building, defending, feeding, and truth-telling.
I will support my classmates who refuse greed learning, so that no one has to stand alone.
I will call on my school, my university, and my government to regulate AGI development, to refuse funding that buys silence, and to put human dignity above vendor money.

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