Students across New York join nationwide ‘AI freeze’ walkout

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AI GeneratedStudents at SUNY Purchase and other universities nationwide participated in a walkout organized by the group \"Irreplaceable.\" The protesters are demanding an AI freeze and the implementation of stronger regulations and guardrails to protect the future workforce from being displaced by artificial intelligence.
Those here at SUNY Purchase are joining schools across the country,
demanding an AI freeze.
A group called Irreplaceable organized the nationwide walkout.
It's calling for guardrails against the technology.
The demonstration at SUNY Purchase included dozens
of students from different majors
with one common goal, to create stronger regulations against AI.
Senior Ryan Dolinsky, a double major in math,
computer science and social sciences,
is getting ready to graduate
and says he already has seen AI impacting jobs in his field.
It's so scary that our generation is expected
to go into the workforce next year
and AI is replacing my coding jobs.
Like AI is replacing like entry-level jobs that we can get.
Like we're going into so much debt and for what?
There are also multiple walkouts happening across New York City.
I'll have more from the demonstration
at Fordham University tonight at 9.
Reporting from SUNY Purchase in Westchester County,
Jackie Gillis, News 12.
