Calls for a permanent global ban on research and development to build artificial superintelligence; this does not establish opposition to all AI. Her newer San Francisco campaign promotes a broader frontier-development ban, whose duration and full personal adoption are unestablished. [1][2][3][4]
Clarification. Editorial correction: a qualified STOP headline is defensible; prior Unclear interpretation retained as superseded history, without claiming a new personal statement.
Source [1] · Organizational press release with named personal statement
Stop AI Defendants Speak Out Prior to Their Trial for Blocking Doors of Open AI
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · StopAI Protesters via Indybay
“Hence we must enact a permanent global ban of all research and development projects to build it.”
Named Wynd Kaufmyn quotation after Sam Kirchner and before Guido Reichstadter, press release; posting timestamp beneath body · View original source ↗
Source context. Original press-release text posted by StopAI Protesters on Indybay, added November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM. The future November 21 event is not the utterance date. Same named personal quotation remains on current StopAI trial page; no exact utterance day established. The release defines ASI as intelligence exceeding humanity, then separately quotes Kaufmyn advocating a permanent global ban on research/development to build it. Her own statement, not inferred from organizational membership. Other defendants’ statements are not attributed to her.
Scope
All research and development projects to build artificial superintelligence worldwide.
Conditions
Permanent global prohibition; no reopening terms stated or incorporated in the personal quotation.
Stated rationale
Experimental evidence before building ASI cannot establish that it remains safe forever.
Source details
primary · Independently reopened original source in final verification pass.
Discovered 7 Oct 2026.
Published 19 Nov 2025.
Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
Source [2] · Organizational page with named personal statement
Trial of Wynd Kaufmyn
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · StopAI
“Hence we must enact a permanent global ban of all research and development projects to build it.”
Named blockquote attributed to Wynd Kaufmyn, defendant, immediately after necessity-defense discussion · View original source ↗
Source context. The antecedent of “it” is ASI in the preceding sentence. Her own named quotation, not an inference from group membership, endorses permanent ASI research/development prohibition. The first sentence grounds it in inability to obtain experimental proof of perpetual safety before building. Exact statement/publication date unknown; documented-by bound only. Trial updates do not date the quotation.
Scope
All research and development projects to build artificial superintelligence worldwide.
Conditions
Permanent global ban; no reopening policy stated or incorporated.
Stated rationale
She argues experimental evidence cannot establish perpetual safety before ASI is built.
Source details
primary · Independently inspected the original publisher transcript. Researcher verification is distinct from unverified Grok scouting.
Source context. August 20 original broadcast says Kaufmyn was interviewed Wednesday, establishing August 19. The excerpt opposes the race toward systems that take control. Does not specify duration or restart. Connor Leahy statements later in the program are not attributed to Kaufmyn. Rush transcript; audio described by host as difficult to hear.
Scope
Technology-company race toward AI systems that could take control from people.
Conditions
No duration or restart rule specified in this interview excerpt.
Stated rationale
She expresses concern about loss of control and present harms.
Source details
primary · Independently inspected the original publisher transcript. Researcher verification is distinct from unverified Grok scouting.
Demand SF City Hall Address the AI Threat to Public Safety
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · Wynd Kaufmyn via Indybay
Published
“Suggested talking points:”
Authored event body immediately after invitation to public comment; link follows these words · View original source ↗
Source context. Indybay identifies Wynd Kaufmyn as Organizer/Author and posting September19,2026 07:29. Her notice invites readers to use suggested talking points at http://www.stopai.live/talkingpoints. As observed October7, that mutable link redirects to https://stopai.live/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TalkingPoints-2026-09-22.pdf. Page1 promotes a local ban on companies continuing frontier AI development without duration/reopening terms. File path dated Sep22 does not establish its content when she linked it Sep19, or her personal authorship/adoption of every current clause. This is an attributable invitation requiring current-policy reconciliation, not a fabricated personal spoken quotation of the group template.
Scope
Personally authored invitation to campaign using mutable organization policy template; current PDF concerns frontier AI development by companies in San Francisco.
Conditions
Template duration and reopening are unstated; its revision and full personal endorsement at the invitation date remain unestablished.
Stated rationale
Concern about public safety from harmful AI development.
Source details
primary · Independently opened original authored notice and followed actual live link to publisher PDF; original PDF/text retained privately.
Discovered 7 Oct 2026.
Published 19 Sep 2026.
Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
Editorial assessment. Editorial correction of prior Unclear interpretation, not evidence of a new personal policy. Original dated organization-issued named quotation is personal endorsement, not group-membership inference. Documented by November 19, 2025; exact utterance unknown. Repeated trial/event/press-release quotation is one evidence stream, not independent votes. Broader San Francisco invitation preserved, without falsely attributing a mutable group template or another speaker to Kaufmyn. Prior sources, claims and assessments remain unchanged. Machine audio corroborates August opposition only, not permanence. Human editorial and manual crop approvals absent.
Assessment reviewed
Superseded editorial interpretation ·
STOP
Calls for a permanent global ban on research and development aimed at artificial superintelligence; the exact statement date is unconfirmed. [1][2][3]
Initial statement. Permanent ASI development-ban prescription documented by November 19, 2025 in dated organization-issued press release; exact utterance day unestablished.
Source [1] · Organizational press release with named personal statement
Stop AI Defendants Speak Out Prior to Their Trial for Blocking Doors of Open AI
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · StopAI Protesters via Indybay
“Hence we must enact a permanent global ban of all research and development projects to build it.”
Named Wynd Kaufmyn quotation after Sam Kirchner and before Guido Reichstadter, press release; posting timestamp beneath body · View original source ↗
Source context. Original press-release text posted by StopAI Protesters on Indybay, added November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM. The future November 21 event is not the utterance date. Same named personal quotation remains on current StopAI trial page; no exact utterance day established. The release defines ASI as intelligence exceeding humanity, then separately quotes Kaufmyn advocating a permanent global ban on research/development to build it. Her own statement, not inferred from organizational membership. Other defendants’ statements are not attributed to her.
Scope
All research and development projects to build artificial superintelligence worldwide.
Conditions
Permanent global prohibition; no reopening terms stated or incorporated in the personal quotation.
Stated rationale
Experimental evidence before building ASI cannot establish that it remains safe forever.
Source details
primary · Independently reopened original source in final verification pass.
Discovered 7 Oct 2026.
Published 19 Nov 2025.
Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
Source [2] · Organizational page with named personal statement
Trial of Wynd Kaufmyn
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · StopAI
“Hence we must enact a permanent global ban of all research and development projects to build it.”
Named blockquote attributed to Wynd Kaufmyn, defendant, immediately after necessity-defense discussion · View original source ↗
Source context. The antecedent of “it” is ASI in the preceding sentence. Her own named quotation, not an inference from group membership, endorses permanent ASI research/development prohibition. The first sentence grounds it in inability to obtain experimental proof of perpetual safety before building. Exact statement/publication date unknown; documented-by bound only. Trial updates do not date the quotation.
Scope
All research and development projects to build artificial superintelligence worldwide.
Conditions
Permanent global ban; no reopening policy stated or incorporated.
Stated rationale
She argues experimental evidence cannot establish perpetual safety before ASI is built.
Source details
primary · Independently inspected the original publisher transcript. Researcher verification is distinct from unverified Grok scouting.
Source context. August 20 original broadcast says Kaufmyn was interviewed Wednesday, establishing August 19. The excerpt opposes the race toward systems that take control. Does not specify duration or restart. Connor Leahy statements later in the program are not attributed to Kaufmyn. Rush transcript; audio described by host as difficult to hear.
Scope
Technology-company race toward AI systems that could take control from people.
Conditions
No duration or restart rule specified in this interview excerpt.
Stated rationale
She expresses concern about loss of control and present harms.
Source details
primary · Independently inspected the original publisher transcript. Researcher verification is distinct from unverified Grok scouting.
Discovered 7 Oct 2026.
Published 20 Aug 2026.
Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
Editorial assessment. The statement is documented by the original StopAI press release posted November 19, 2025; this resolves the former October 7, 2026 observation-only limitation while retaining the older verification and all stable IDs. Exact utterance date remains unestablished. Original August 2026 Democracy Now waveform is retained for independent machine transcription; no human listening is asserted. Conditional remarks by Stuart Russell or Connor Leahy are not Kaufmyn recommendations. No public identity, portrait crop or human publication authorization exists.
Assessment reviewed
Superseded editorial interpretation ·
UNCLEAR
Explicitly calls for a permanent global ASI research-and-development ban; newer campaigning points to a broader local frontier-AI ban whose duration and personal adoption remain unresolved. [1][2][3][4]
Clarification. Newer personally authored invitation points to a broader mutable frontier-development policy template; present scope/duration relationship remains unresolved.
Source [1] · Organizational press release with named personal statement
Stop AI Defendants Speak Out Prior to Their Trial for Blocking Doors of Open AI
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · StopAI Protesters via Indybay
“Hence we must enact a permanent global ban of all research and development projects to build it.”
Named Wynd Kaufmyn quotation after Sam Kirchner and before Guido Reichstadter, press release; posting timestamp beneath body · View original source ↗
Source context. Original press-release text posted by StopAI Protesters on Indybay, added November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM. The future November 21 event is not the utterance date. Same named personal quotation remains on current StopAI trial page; no exact utterance day established. The release defines ASI as intelligence exceeding humanity, then separately quotes Kaufmyn advocating a permanent global ban on research/development to build it. Her own statement, not inferred from organizational membership. Other defendants’ statements are not attributed to her.
Scope
All research and development projects to build artificial superintelligence worldwide.
Conditions
Permanent global prohibition; no reopening terms stated or incorporated in the personal quotation.
Stated rationale
Experimental evidence before building ASI cannot establish that it remains safe forever.
Source details
primary · Independently reopened original source in final verification pass.
Discovered 7 Oct 2026.
Published 19 Nov 2025.
Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
Source [2] · Organizational page with named personal statement
Trial of Wynd Kaufmyn
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · StopAI
“Hence we must enact a permanent global ban of all research and development projects to build it.”
Named blockquote attributed to Wynd Kaufmyn, defendant, immediately after necessity-defense discussion · View original source ↗
Source context. The antecedent of “it” is ASI in the preceding sentence. Her own named quotation, not an inference from group membership, endorses permanent ASI research/development prohibition. The first sentence grounds it in inability to obtain experimental proof of perpetual safety before building. Exact statement/publication date unknown; documented-by bound only. Trial updates do not date the quotation.
Scope
All research and development projects to build artificial superintelligence worldwide.
Conditions
Permanent global ban; no reopening policy stated or incorporated.
Stated rationale
She argues experimental evidence cannot establish perpetual safety before ASI is built.
Source details
primary · Independently inspected the original publisher transcript. Researcher verification is distinct from unverified Grok scouting.
Source context. August 20 original broadcast says Kaufmyn was interviewed Wednesday, establishing August 19. The excerpt opposes the race toward systems that take control. Does not specify duration or restart. Connor Leahy statements later in the program are not attributed to Kaufmyn. Rush transcript; audio described by host as difficult to hear.
Scope
Technology-company race toward AI systems that could take control from people.
Conditions
No duration or restart rule specified in this interview excerpt.
Stated rationale
She expresses concern about loss of control and present harms.
Source details
primary · Independently inspected the original publisher transcript. Researcher verification is distinct from unverified Grok scouting.
Demand SF City Hall Address the AI Threat to Public Safety
Attributed to: Wynd Kaufmyn · Wynd Kaufmyn via Indybay
Published
“Suggested talking points:”
Authored event body immediately after invitation to public comment; link follows these words · View original source ↗
Source context. Indybay identifies Wynd Kaufmyn as Organizer/Author and posting September19,2026 07:29. Her notice invites readers to use suggested talking points at http://www.stopai.live/talkingpoints. As observed October7, that mutable link redirects to https://stopai.live/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TalkingPoints-2026-09-22.pdf. Page1 promotes a local ban on companies continuing frontier AI development without duration/reopening terms. File path dated Sep22 does not establish its content when she linked it Sep19, or her personal authorship/adoption of every current clause. This is an attributable invitation requiring current-policy reconciliation, not a fabricated personal spoken quotation of the group template.
Scope
Personally authored invitation to campaign using mutable organization policy template; current PDF concerns frontier AI development by companies in San Francisco.
Conditions
Template duration and reopening are unstated; its revision and full personal endorsement at the invitation date remain unestablished.
Stated rationale
Concern about public safety from harmful AI development.
Source details
primary · Independently opened original authored notice and followed actual live link to publisher PDF; original PDF/text retained privately.
Discovered 7 Oct 2026.
Published 19 Sep 2026.
Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
Editorial assessment. Final research decision DO NOT PUBLISH YET, proposed completed Unclear endpoint. This is a source-reconciliation limitation, not a request for the human editor to decide nuance. Prior dated personal STOP evidence is preserved. Exact quote date bounded honestly; third-party conditions are not attributed to her. No editorial/crop approval asserted.