I forgot to add: Generative AI fans call protesting artists "Luddite". AI fans are essentially thugs and seek to discredit those who defend themselves against them.
To the AI bros, the Luddites were technophobic fools, not workers fighting for a decent life. I recommend you read the following twitter thread that deals with the subject in more depth:
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beka valentine
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the Luddites were 100% correct about everything but you'd never know it because the standard narrative about them is mostly fake and misrepresents both their concerns AND the outcomes of the changes they were concerned about
Finally the English government decided that the machines were worth more than the Luddites and hanged the Luddites who destroyed them. "Luddite" as an insult, is a straw man that the Aibros and technologists have created around the true Luddites.
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The Luddites demanded that companies stop firing them and pay their employees a minimum wage. Not being heard and feeling powerless, they resorted to destroying the looms as a protest measure.
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The Luddites were a group of artisans in the 19th century who, upon being laid off and replaced with machines, revolted. The Luddites saw that the technology at the hands of the employers did not serve to improve the lives of the workers but as a replacement.
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