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On the Luddites
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this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2025
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The Luddites weren't replaced either though? Factories still needed labour and much of what the Luddites were rallying against was the idea of being pressed into prison-like factory work. Much of how gen AI is being applied is to deskill workers so they can be exploited more in much the same way that machines like the power loom was used to deskill textile workers.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/
There were against shoddy workmanship.
Yeah, but Luddites were working with the current info, not hindsight.