Orion Ussner kidder

@murdoc @cmccullough The anti-Luddite rhetoric managed to change the definition from "labour activist" to "anti-technology," which neatly equates technology with capitalist labour extraction.

@murdoc @cmccullough I very belatedly realized that without using the word "Luddite," I've been attacked with this rhetoric a few times. I heard someone say, "not believing in AI is like saying you don't believe in science" after I'd explained in detail the specific reasons I object to "AI."

@cmccullough Short version: the Luddites were labour activists who spent TEN YEARS trying to get justice, and when they couldn't, they started busting the machines that were ruining their lives. They were BAD. ASS.

Skim:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

Deep dive:

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/understanding-the-luddites-in-the

#luddites #AI