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The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down::Activists are organizing to combat generative AI and other technologies—and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process.

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[–] laskoune 10 points 10 months ago

It was actually the same thing with the original luddites. They didn’t oppose the new tool but the way it was used.

From the article :

The first Luddites were artisans and cloth workers in England who, at the onset of the Industrial Revolution, protested the way factory owners used machinery to undercut their status and wages. Contrary to popular belief, they did not dislike technology; most were skilled technicians.