Critical Labor History: From Babbage to Privately Governed Generative Models
CSProfKGD · x · 2026-08-16
Post discusses how Charles Babbage intentionally designed the computer as an automation of mental labor, contrasting this with today's computer graphics automating visual art via privately governed generative models. This frames a 'Critical Labor History of Generative Models' for SIGGRAPH Talks '26.
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