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Though wrapped in the aesthetic of science, this paper is a pure expression of the AI hype's ideology, including its reliance on invisible, alienated labor. Its data was manufactured to spec to support the authors' pre-existing beliefs, and its conclusions are nothing but a re-articulation of their arrogance and ideological impoverishment.

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've got some pretty good news for you - Brian Merchant's been doing plenty of work on rehabilitating the Luddites' image as well, and in his own words he's seen plenty of progress on that front.

[–] theluddite@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I'm a fan. I've always had a bit of a niche interest in proto-socialist movements, like the luddites, the diggers, etc., so, at first, it felt like a sorta crazy coincidence that I started writing my blog just before his book came out, but then I realized that it's not. We, like everyone else, are just living through the same stupid shit.