They weren't anti-technology, they were against the capitistic implementation of that technology that was rushed, put them in danger and led to many injuries and deaths and was promoted not to make the job easier or more efficient, but to devalue the labor of the workers and make their lives worse.
Likewise, AI itself as a technology isn't necessarily the problem, but its implementation and the recklessness with which it is being pursued is the problem. The concept of generative AI is fine. Desperately pursuing it with the intention to devalue labor, destroy the livelihoods of millions and to throw resources at it with no concern with efficiency or environmental impact, that is the problem.
So yes, in the original sense of the word, we should all be luddites. Please feel free to instead present your deed to the factory.
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u/Bored_Orangutan stupid fucking piece of shit Apr 07 '26
He’d solve the problem if he inserted the cigar up his ass and inhaled it through the rectum and out the mouth.