Robots Protest Rampant AI in Poland
About 30 robots protested for AI rules and worker safeguards, as organizers warned humanoid systems could replace people in cognitive jobs.
- On Monday, around 30 robots marched through Warsaw in front of the Polish digital affairs ministry to demand AI regulation, where Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski met with organizers to discuss their concerns.
- Democratism, an initiative aiming to launch debate 'on how AI and robotisation affect the labour market,' organized the protest. Organizer Grzegorz Kulis told AFP the event addressed potential human replacement by machines and cognitive work automation.
- Loudspeakers played chants of 'Defend workplaces,' 'Time for rules,' and 'Don't wait, regulate' as bipedal and dog-like robots demonstrated. Kulis said, 'These robots can already move around freely; they're already 'protesting'."
- Kulis, a robotics company CIO and former Labor Market Council member at the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy, advocated for 'rules and regulations that would serve as a shield protecting workers.'
- Although Poland's president Karol Nawrocki signed a bill in July implementing the Act, Kulis warned that immediate action remains necessary to address risks posed by evolving humanoid models and cognitive automation replacing human labor.
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The march was organized by Democratism, an initiative that, according to its website, seeks to launch the debate on "how AI and robotics affect the labour market". "The robots present here must show that this technology is already a reality," said Agibot A3, a humanoid robot that works with AI to AFP. Moreover, different slogans, such as "Defend jobs", "It's time for rules" and "Don't wait, regulate", were heard in robots' loud voices.
Humanoid robots and quadrupeds participate in a demonstration calling for regulation of artificial intelligence, in Warsaw, on September 7, 2026. SERGEI GAPON/AFP Agitating flags, playing slogans and marching in circles, about 30 robots went to the streets of Warsaw on Monday (7) to demand that Poland regulate artificial intelligence (IA). The march was organized by "Democratism", an initiative that, according to its website, seeks to promote th…
"The robots are here to show that this technology is already a reality," explained Agibot A3, one of the humanoid robots present.
By waving flags and chanting slogans, about 30 robots marched before the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs on Monday, demanding regulations for the use of artificial intelligence at work, reports AFP, according to Agerpres.
Waving flags, chanting slogans and marching in a circle: on Monday, about 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw outside the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs, "demanding" regulation of artificial intelligence (AI).
About thirty robots demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Digitalization building in the Polish capital on Monday, demanding that rules be created for the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
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