This Monday on KPFA’s Women’s Magazine Lisa Dettmer will talk to Wynd Kaufman and Valerie Sizemore from the local grassroots group Stop AI about the existential threat that AI poses to our existence. Stop AI is a very committed group of local activists who are willing to put their bodies on the line as they seek a world that values humanity over machines and community care over profit. They work to raise public awareness, influence decision-makers and legislation, and engaging in non-violent direct action which 5 members of their group did recently right here in SF, the capital of AI.
One of our guests Wynd Kaufman was part of the group of Stop AI members who blockaded the doors of OpenAI, a leading company in the global race to develop “Artificial General Intelligence” (AGI) and “Artificial Superintelligence” (ASI), AI that would match or exceed human capabilities across the board. Wynd Kaufman a former professor at City College was recently convicted by the SF prosecutors of trespassing, interfering with a business, unlawful assembly, and refusal to disperse for her acts of Civil Disobedience. This case marks the first time a court got to hear some of the copious evidence that AI companies are gambling with our lives. You can find out more about StopAI at https://www.stopai.info/
Next, we talk to 3 women directors who are showing their documentaries at the Sf Jewish Film Festival, Leah Galant, Vivian Kleinman and Sai Gilman
Director Leah Galant’s Landscapes of Memory delves into the thorny issues of who Holocaust memorials are made for and the proliferation and mystification of memorial culture in Germany. Galant’s documentary is a profound meditation on the uses and abuses of memorial culture and the intersection of national trauma and collective memory
Berkeley resident Vivian Kleiman will talk to us about her short film, A Grain of Truth, which journeys into wartime Denmark to uncover a cherished national myth—the Legend of the Yellow Star—through the lens of collective memory.
And Fellow Bekelite Sari Gilman will be screening her Work-in-Progress short film, American Jew. About her father and how his sense of belonging to Judaism has eroded because of Israel.
You can get more information about the festival at https://jfi.org/sfjff-2026
