AI and identity crisis: history shows technological change is deeply personal for craftspeople
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-12
A thread argues that AI's rapid advances — seen in mathematicians' recent reactions — echo past technological upheavals like silent looms and dark switchboards, which triggered crises of identity and the sense of being needed. The author warns society faces a major recalibration of self-worth as machines absorb more of what people contribute.
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