AI Resistance: some recent anti-AI stuff that’s worth discussing

Re:AI Resistance: some recent anti-AI stuff that’s worth dis... by Groxx on Monday April 20, 2026 @04:53PM (#47840472)

>The exact machine that will free you from your labor, when harnessed correctly, is the exact thing you hate.

I don't think it's all that complex tbh. The freeing from labor, both in the past and now, has been achieved largely by firing people, abandoning them to starve while power concentrates in the already-powerful.

This is the exact same thing the Luddites were taking issue with. Because they partly succeeded, we have better labor laws today.

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Re:AI Resistance: some recent anti-AI stuff that’s worth dis... by pocksuppet on Monday April 20, 2026 @06:13PM (#47841721)

We have labor laws today because people kept killing their bosses until the bosses agreed to some sort of compromise. Sadly, such a thing is happening again today, like with the toilet paper warehouse fire.

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Re:AI Resistance: some recent anti-AI stuff that’s worth dis... by Groxx on Monday April 20, 2026 @06:35PM (#47841960)

When there's enough of a power imbalance, said bosses sometimes choose to make that the only option, yes

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Re:AI Resistance: some recent anti-AI stuff that’s worth dis... by vrganj on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:10PM (#47844049)

Why "sadly"? It worked last time?

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