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Luddites were opposing the owners, not the tech.
by orbital-decay 6mo ago
Luddites were opposing the owners, not the tech.
- simianwords 6mo agoWho is this author opposing, pray tell me
- sunrunner 6mo agoI'd say it's still the owners, even if they don't explicitly say or if it's even consciously recognised. I doubt that the tool, put towards broadly positive uses that are considered beneficial and not harmful to individuals or society, would be seen in the same way. Most fears of AI (in the 2026 sense of the term), and perhaps technology more broadly, are fears of capitalism, ownership, and control, and less about the capabilities of the thing itself.