"This time will be remembered as the start of the New Luddite movement"
Darpinian · x · 2026-11-05
The poster claims this era will probably be remembered as the beginning of a "New Luddite movement," echoing the 19th-century machine-smashing backlash — implying resistance to AI displacing human work is taking shape. The tweet itself offers no extended argument.
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