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Are you aware that the Writer's Guild of America were striking for 4 months against AI doing their jobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Writers_Guild_of_Ame

Are you aware that the Writer's Guild of America were striking for 4 months against AI doing their jobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_... There are also many law suits against AI works: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/books/authors-openai-lawsuit-chatgpt-copyright.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/books/authors-openai-laws... You really require that they resort to physical violence when they know fully that data in one DC will be backed up elsewhere so it will have no effect. From my pov, they are using the violence of the legal system to stop/slow AI.

blibble 3y ago
if it puts a billion people out of work I don't think that having a few hundred data centres will help even slightly
raincole 3y ago
> Are you aware that the Writer's Guild of America were striking Hollywood strikes are something that happens every ~5 years even without AI. [1] > There are also many law suits against AI works If they won then maybe that would count. Otherwise I see it as "PETA sued zoos". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hollywood_strikes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hollywood_strikes
supertimor 3y ago
Are you really calling a legal strike violence? What options do the working class have left then, if even their legal rights are considered violence? This rhetoric is dangerous and completely anti-worker.
ytoawwhra92 3y ago
> From my pov, they are using the violence of the legal system to stop/slow AI. Luddites used extra-legal methods to try to accomplish their goals, so I don't think the comparison really works.
- fnord123 3y ago
  I'm not a historian but I think luddites need to be seen in the context of the history of trade unions. Unions at the time existed but didn't have the power they developed in the 1900s. So extra legal means seemed to be all that was available to them; while nowadays people can work more effectively inside the law.

blibble 3y ago

if it puts a billion people out of work I don't think that having a few hundred data centres will help even slightly

raincole 3y ago

> Are you aware that the Writer's Guild of America were striking Hollywood strikes are something that happens every ~5 years even without AI. [1] > There are also many law suits against AI works If they won then maybe that would count. Otherwise I see it as "PETA sued zoos". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hollywood_strikes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hollywood_strikes

supertimor 3y ago

Are you really calling a legal strike violence? What options do the working class have left then, if even their legal rights are considered violence? This rhetoric is dangerous and completely anti-worker.

ytoawwhra92 3y ago

> From my pov, they are using the violence of the legal system to stop/slow AI. Luddites used extra-legal methods to try to accomplish their goals, so I don't think the comparison really works.

fnord123 3y ago
I'm not a historian but I think luddites need to be seen in the context of the history of trade unions. Unions at the time existed but didn't have the power they developed in the 1900s. So extra legal means seemed to be all that was available to them; while nowadays people can work more effectively inside the law.