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> Modern Luddites can go back to churning their own butter. The history of the Luddites is actually interestingly parallel to what we're seeing with generativ
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> Modern Luddites can go back to churning their own butter.
The history of the Luddites is actually interestingly parallel to what we're seeing with generative AI these days. The book "Blood in the Machine" talks about this in some detail - there's an interview with the author at https://www.currentaffairs.org/2024/01/why-you-should-be-a-luddite https://www.currentaffairs.org/2024/01/why-you-should-be-a-l... that is worth reading, and Time has a piece on the book as well: https://time.com/6317437/luddites-ai-blood-in-the-machine-merchant/ https://time.com/6317437/luddites-ai-blood-in-the-machine-me...