Activists are organizing to combat generative AI and other technologies—and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process.

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.

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    81·
    9 months ago

    They still took hammers to machines and not the wealthy. The modern variant of Luddites are talking about banning technologies outright instead of uses of said tech. Also, the discussion I’ve seen online is almost always strictly black and white and often ignores the people, instead focusing on the tech.

    The actions and words of the Luddites don’t seem reflect what you’re saying from my PoV.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      They took hammers to the machine and not the wealthy because they had access to the machines and not the wealthy.