2026-03-16 10:30 UTC
@minmi@sfba.social @susankayequinn@wandering.shop @toerror@mastodon.gamedev.place
Yes, it's pretty common. Mostly from 2 directions: people who saw their jobs in danger and people who said 'not in my backyard'.
In nearly zero cases the resistance stopped the new technology, but in some cases it led to a better use of it.
Mostly the more militant the resistance was, the less impact it had on the use of the technology.
"This is no really god use/place for this machine." is better than "I don't want this machine, never, anywhere, burn it down!"
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@susankayequinn@wandering.shop 2026-03-16 13:23
@ErikML@troet.cafe I'm gonna disagree strongly with AI is "inevitable" and "don't say burn it down" because 1) that's tech propaganda but also 2) Luddites were unable to stop rapacious capitalism entirely but they were effective & inspired multitudes of civil rights, labor rights movements that followed. Also: yes, AI is vastly more unpopular than most recent tech. And "stopping rapacious capitalism" is actually something we should figure out? Anyway everyone should read this: @minmi@sfba.social @toerror@mastodon.gamedev.place