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I got an email about resistance

15 points by danielhaven 2mo ago

oriencuehfuwh 2mo ago
TL;DR Author got an email calling him a hypocrite (in nicer but a lot more words), and author is now looking for an audience to clap at his “nuh-uh” response.
- thataccount 2mo ago
  lol. Well, yeah, there is a bit of that isn't there?
- cognitiveinline 2mo ago
  Also a dollop of "but think of the juniors!" added in. Hypocricy in very polished words.
thataccount 2mo ago
Being Anti-AI is not being a Luddite anymore than being against taking certain vaccines makes you against medicine in general. If I like sandwiches, it doesn't mean I like ham sandwiches. The problem is people who position AI as if it is a progression toward the future, instead of a possible massive shipwreck.
3dedb728-3f77 2mo ago
What are these people even doing. Being called a Luddite is wrong on so many level. If anything AI user are Luddite. They are the one that want to stop thinking about what the computer do in depth. If you stop thinking about automation. When do you start again? What will make you create new automation, if all you can do is use what exist before.
- cognitiveinline 2mo ago
  Luddite isn't about intelligence. It's about how much you resist automation of labour.
  - jdjeidjwjdj 2mo ago
    And funnily enough AI isn’t about automation of labour, but making a bunch of C-level dunces happy. So you know, discussing the proper use of “Luddite” is pretty much just waste of time.
cptroot 2mo ago
Every time "Luddites" come up in tech discussions, I notice that people have very little engagement with the history. Here's my favorite treatment of the source material: https://bsky.app/profile/ironcircuscomics.bsky.social/post/3lxs43zwfa227 https://bsky.app/profile/ironcircuscomics.bsky.social/post/3...
- jdjeidjwjdj 2mo ago
  Do you engage with the history of every single topic you discuss… ever? No? Didn’t think so. Chill.
acestus5 2mo ago
This guy has an ego. I think we should stay aimless until someone else messes up with an AI Chernobyl. I call it The Apple strategy

15 points by danielhaven 2mo ago

TL;DR Author got an email calling him a hypocrite (in nicer but a lot more words), and author is now looking for an audience to clap at his “nuh-uh” response.

thataccount 2mo ago
lol. Well, yeah, there is a bit of that isn't there?
cognitiveinline 2mo ago
Also a dollop of "but think of the juniors!" added in. Hypocricy in very polished words.

thataccount 2mo ago

Being Anti-AI is not being a Luddite anymore than being against taking certain vaccines makes you against medicine in general. If I like sandwiches, it doesn't mean I like ham sandwiches. The problem is people who position AI as if it is a progression toward the future, instead of a possible massive shipwreck.

3dedb728-3f77 2mo ago

What are these people even doing. Being called a Luddite is wrong on so many level. If anything AI user are Luddite. They are the one that want to stop thinking about what the computer do in depth. If you stop thinking about automation. When do you start again? What will make you create new automation, if all you can do is use what exist before.

cognitiveinline 2mo ago
Luddite isn't about intelligence. It's about how much you resist automation of labour.
- jdjeidjwjdj 2mo ago
  And funnily enough AI isn’t about automation of labour, but making a bunch of C-level dunces happy. So you know, discussing the proper use of “Luddite” is pretty much just waste of time.

cptroot 2mo ago

Every time "Luddites" come up in tech discussions, I notice that people have very little engagement with the history. Here's my favorite treatment of the source material: https://bsky.app/profile/ironcircuscomics.bsky.social/post/3lxs43zwfa227 https://bsky.app/profile/ironcircuscomics.bsky.social/post/3...

jdjeidjwjdj 2mo ago
Do you engage with the history of every single topic you discuss… ever? No? Didn’t think so. Chill.

acestus5 2mo ago

This guy has an ego. I think we should stay aimless until someone else messes up with an AI Chernobyl. I call it The Apple strategy