Michelle Donelan AI speech disrupted by local weather protesters
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limate protesters disrupted a speech by a Government minister at a man-made intelligence pageant in London.
Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan was addressing the CogX convention when activists from Fossil Free London staged a loud protest.
Footage shared by the group reveals a person interrupting the minister’s speech by shouting: “Michelle Donelan does not care about the future.
This Government wants to hand billions in public money to their chums in the oil industry… we can’t let them get away with it
“She only cares about oily money.”
He is seen being dragged out of the corridor by safety earlier than a lady is heard shouting that “Michelle Donelan and the Conservative Party are ensuring that we will not have a future”.
They demanded that the Government cease the controversial Rosebank oil discipline close to Shetland, which is at present being thought of by ministers.
Fossil Free London spokesperson Joanna Warrington stated: “This Government wants to hand billions in public money to their chums in the oil industry… we can’t let them get away with it. Rosebank would be an extortionate climate calamity: pouring petrol on the bonfire of climate breakdown while doing absolutely nothing to lower our out-of-control energy bills.
“CogX is meant to be a festival of the future, but if Shell get their way, there won’t be a future for any of us. It’s inexcusable that this conference is giving a platform to companies hell-bent on destroying the only home we’ve got, all for the sake of boosting their already gargantuan profits.
“There is no place for oily money in our politics or our society. We want to make it clear that any event or organisation that accepts oily sponsorship is complicit in the crises we see unfolding around us – and we will be disrupting them every step of the way.”
Activists additionally protested over Shell’s sponsorship of the know-how convention by disrupting two earlier panels the place representatives from the oil big have been talking.
Ms Donelan’s workplace has been contacted for remark.
In her speech at London’s O2 Arena, the Technology Secretary instructed the pageant that she desires to see “the UK as the home of AI safety and, by extension, the home of AI itself”.
“Those who lead on AI safety will lead on AI – and they will unlock the enormous benefits that come with it,” she stated, itemizing prospects corresponding to curing illnesses, sooner and greener methods to journey, and releasing folks from “thousands of hours of work lost to menial tasks”.
“And it is the UK that is seizing these opportunities with both hands.”