I think hunger strikes, at least those AI safety ones, are primarily about attracting attention, similar to people gluing themselves to roads or destroying paintings.
If some random dude or an AI (safety) researcher is doing a hunger strike, people might go and look at their arguments or anything else AI safety related.
If terminally ill people are doing a hunger strike for development of AI, a lot of people will see that the terminally ill might be biased and have much to gain and little to lose.
I think hunger strikes, at least those AI safety ones, are primarily about attracting attention, similar to people gluing themselves to roads or destroying paintings.
If some random dude or an AI (safety) researcher is doing a hunger strike, people might go and look at their arguments or anything else AI safety related.
If terminally ill people are doing a hunger strike for development of AI, a lot of people will see that the terminally ill might be biased and have much to gain and little to lose.