alt Hacker NewsIt’s interesting, because we have examples of other sects in the past that also opposed human progress through technology. History is repeating itself.
For instance, see Luddites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
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eucyclos • today at 9:24 AM
I really like Neal Stephenson's neologism 'amistics' - referring to which technologies a culture knows about but chooses not to use.
surgical_fire • today at 10:52 AM
It's unclear if Gen AI promotes any sort of human progress.
By all means, I use it. In some instances it is useful. I think it is mostly a technology that causes damages to humanity though. I just don't really care about it.
That does the Luddites a bit of a disservice:
> But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality goods,” says Binfield, “and they wanted these machines to be run by workers who had gone through an apprenticeship and got paid decent wages. Those were their only concerns.”[1]
[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-rea...