“One way to consider the Luddites, new and old, is as a movement seeking to widen the scope of who gets to participate in technological development.”
– Brian Merchant
Author Brian Merchant calls resistance to generative AI models “new Luddism.” Underlying sentiments are not anti-tech but anti-unilateralism, he suggests, focused on tech companies deciding how the new technology evolves and to whose benefit.
Merchant wrote the fall 2023 book Blood In The Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech.
The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down | THE ATLANTIC | Februaru 2, 2024 | by Brian Merchant