Aral BalkanMay 18, 2023

Machines aren’t taking over.
Corporations are taking over.

Worry about the right thing.

#corporatocracy #ai

Show threadbignoseMay 18, 2023

Robots don't want to destroy your job. They don't want anything.

Bosses want to destroy your job. As they always have.

@aral

Show threadTaleWeaverMay 18, 2023
@bignose @aral Yes, but saying this will get you banned by the Luddites. They want to kill the robots.
Show threadAral Balkan
@Taleweaver @bignose Quite on the contrary, the Luddites were the ones operating the machines. They didn’t have a problem with technology, they had a problem with the owners of the technology paying them starvation wages. They destroyed the machines to hurt the owners, not because they hated the machines.
May 18, 2023 at 1:09pmWeb
Show threadTaleWeaverMay 18, 2023
@aral @bignose Regardless of the Luddite motivation, their fury was spent on machines. The bosses remained. The lesson is still the same: ignore the hands that move the caps and look at the eyes of the crook.