Post #1932385

2026-04-15 09:01 UTC

New article: &quot;Techno-feudalism and the new Luddites&quot; There&#39;s growing frustration around AI and big tech: people scared of losing their job, who don&#39;t want so much tech in their education, of abandoning digital tech, or people physically attacking technology - and now attacking the homes of AI company personnel and politicians who are doing the bidding of those companies. This isn&#39;t going to stop, it&#39;s going to increase. #ai #genai #luddites #academia #academicchatter https://penworks.net/blog/techno-feudalism-and-the-new-luddites

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@openrisk@mastodon.social 2026-04-15 09:13

@DrPen@mastodon.social I don't think the Luddite movement will achieve lasting change. Ofcourse every contract *not* signed with the "AI" bros is a win. Every person with decision power nudged to think rather than mindlessly jump on the "AI" bandwagon is a win. But the overall phenomenon cannot be unseen anymore than computers or electricity. Digitization of society is a flood and applying algorithms is a dam building exercise that generates power. The choice we have is who, where and how taps into that power.

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@paperposts@masto.paperposts.me 2026-05-02 04:28

@DrPen@mastodon.social was reading Babel by RF Kuang and it reminded me about the luddites, so started reading up to remind myself. learnt a tiny bit at school but it missed the organizing the discipline and extent. i think neoluddites are going to be a real movement

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