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I'm skeptical there is much AI backlash to spill out. Obviously some people don't like it, some do. Overall it's probably a positive thing or we wouldn't be inv
by tim333 1y ago
I'm skeptical there is much AI backlash to spill out. Obviously some people don't like it, some do. Overall it's probably a positive thing or we wouldn't be investing so much in it. Unemployment levels are fairly low by historical standards (eg https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS). For each taxi driver laid off due to Waymo there are probably more people hired to make and operate the Waymos.
The Luddites were kind of unusual in the history of things. We've had all sorts of tech innovation over the last two centuries and not much has lead to riots. The luddite riots happened at time of high unemployment and inflation after the Napoleonic wars and may have been more a last straw rather than the root cause of the dissatisfaction.
- HDThoreaun 1y agoThe thing people forget is that the luddites were right. They were selfish assholes, but they were right. Automation cost them their jobs and made their lives worse. Of course their kids were all better off but the luddites themselves got fucked.