Tag: #LUDDISM
Tag: #LUDDISM
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What will happen to work? Automation, AI and Luddism
Luddism, both historic and modern, is about workers' resistance to automation that threatens the dignity of their work. Just like nineteenth-century Luddites destroyed farm machinery as a protest against industrialisation, modern "Luddites" in San Francisco have sabotaged driverless taxis. Technology can eliminate repetitive work, but it cannot reproduce the complexity of human work. This highlights…
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Brian Merchant è un luddista ed invita tutti ad esserlo
Brian Merchant, giornalista che cura la rubrica sulla tecnologia del Los Angeles Times, è l’autore di “Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech”. Merchant ha guidato la Tesla Roadster di prima generazione. Ha provato i frullati in polvere Soylent. Ha un account Twitter dalle dimensioni importanti. Ed ha scritto un…
