US Politics on Sidechat | I had respect for the Guardian, especially their reporting on Epstein, but preemptively calling anyone opposed to the mass proliferation of AI and its support structures “New Luddites” or “anti-tech extremists” is blatantly dishonest and billionaire slop

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I had respect for the Guardian, especially their reporting on Epstein, but preemptively calling anyone opposed to the mass proliferation of AI and its support structures “New Luddites” or “anti-tech extremists” is blatantly dishonest and billionaire slop

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‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism

www.theguardian.com

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Anonymous 22h

People don’t know what the luddites were. They were skilled workers who were being put out of their jobs by new mechanization, which was also creating child labor. The luddites were labor activists. They were not backwards.

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Anonymous 22h

Tbh the OG luddites were based I’m ok being associated with them

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