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In reply to the discussion: US Law Enforcement Warns of 'Anti-Tech Extremism' as AI Hatred Grows [View all]

GenThePerservering

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15. Such were the luddites
Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #7)
Wed May 27, 2026, 12:11 AM
9 hrs ago

They were anti-exploitation, not anti-tech per se.

Anything that hurts the tech bros helps us.

Now...where's that dynamite?

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US Law Enforcement Warns of 'Anti-Tech Extremism' as AI Hatred Grows [View all] highplainsdem 16 hrs ago OP
I, For One, Welcome Our New AI Overlords (/eyeroll) Tim S 16 hrs ago #1
Luddites of the world unite! pecosbob 16 hrs ago #2
It's not about just the resistance to AI "adoption." It's about NO water AND skyrocketing electricity bills. ancianita 16 hrs ago #3
Exactly. highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #10
Fucking hell. The "anti-tech" (which they are actually using to describe anyone who specifically is anti-AI) people Karasu 15 hrs ago #4
Those opposing generative AI and data centers are a large group, even though they don't have the highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #11
Time to get the Monkeywrench Gang back together... EarthFirst 15 hrs ago #5
... highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #12
Anti-tech? Plenty of techies are against AI IronLionZion 14 hrs ago #6
Yes. So are science fiction writers like John Scalzi, and I think that particularly upsets the AI bros highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #13
It's not anti-tech, it's anti-exploitation. They use new technology for new forms of exploitation, but ... eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #7
True. highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #14
Such were the luddites GenThePerservering 9 hrs ago #15
There isn't any need to have thousands of AI data centers all over the country. patphil 12 hrs ago #8
If AI starts wiping out tens of millions of jobs NickB79 12 hrs ago #9
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