Luddism
A 19th-century social movement in which English workers opposed industrial automation. The term has since become a synonym for resistance to technological progress, and fundamentally reflects a complex reaction to the economic structural changes brought about by technological change.
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In 1811, stocking frame workers in Nottingham, England, stormed into factories and smashed automated stocking frames, and this movement later became known as Luddism.
One camp in the tech community believes that resisting AI is a Luddite-style regression, and that AI is simply another elevation in the level of abstraction.
Luddism is not essentially opposed to technology itself, but rather to the way technology is used to deprive workers of their rights and interests.
Modern reinterpretations of Luddism do not advocate smashing servers or resisting AI, but rather raise questions about whom technology should serve and how the gains from efficiency should be distributed.
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One camp in the tech community believes that resisting AI is a Luddite-style regression, and that AI is simply another elevation in the level of abstraction.
50%UnverifiedLuddism is not essentially opposed to technology itself, but rather to the way technology is used to deprive workers of their rights and interests.
50%UnverifiedModern reinterpretations of Luddism do not advocate smashing servers or resisting AI, but rather raise questions about whom technology should serve and how the gains from efficiency should be distributed.
50%UnverifiedIn 1811, stocking frame workers in Nottingham, England, stormed into factories and smashed automated stocking frames, and this movement later became known as Luddism.
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