We find the usual types in the signatory list:
Assistant Professor of Sustainability
Lecturer in Critical Intersectional Perspectives on AI
Professor of History and Anthropology
Assistant Professor of Gender and Diversity in AI
Professor of English Language and Literature
The first two people you mentioned co-wrote a paper titled "Towards decolonising computational sciences" and certainly anyone at DAIR would also be in that ideological cluster. I don't think an absolute majority of the signatories have those sorts of associations, but a good many do. What's puzzling me is why so many are Dutch?
From the first two of your cherrypicks' web pages:
I am committed to [...] the broader decolonisation of cognitive and computational sciences. My research interests comprise (meta)theoretical, critical, and radical perspectives on the neuro-, computational, and cognitive sciences broadly construed.
and
Central to my research is challenging and dismantling societal and historical inequalities and power asymmetries; holding responsible bodies accountable; and paving the way for a future marked by just and equitable AI systems that work for all.
Notice a theme?
“Usual types”: you included a history professor and an English professor, which are arguably better candidates for judging the quality/accuracy of LLM writing than a CS professor.
what's the point of this comment? you just wanted to share your disdain for these titles?
I'll counter your cherrypick with my own:
Dr. Olivia Guest, Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science
Dr. Abeba Birhane, Assistant Professor of AI
Prof. Iris van Rooij, Professor of Computational Cognitive Science
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Monett, Director of Computer Science Dept., Professor of Computer Science (AI, Software Engineering)
Dr. Alex Hanna, Director of Research, DAIR
Roel Dobbe, Assistant Professor of Public Interest AI and Algorithmic Systems
Dr. Mark Blokpoel, Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science
Dr. Dan McQuillan, Senior Lecturer in Critical AI
Dr. Ronald de Haan, Assistant professor of Artificial Intelligence
Joost Vossers, PhD Candidate on Artificial Intelligence
Dr Esther Mondragón, Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
Prof Eduardo Alonso, Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Andrea E. Martin, Research Group Leader, Language and Computation in Neural System
Dr. ir. Gabriel Bucur, Assistant Professor in Statistical Machine Learning and Explainable AI for Health
Prof. M. Dingemanse, Professor of Language and Communication & cofounder, EU Open Source AI Index
All of these people definitely stand to very much directly benefit from AI hype.