Writings of the Luddites
by Kevin Binfield · first published 2015
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…giving it only to a scant few, who became rich enough to practically upend the existing class system. The Luddites opposed injustice, not machines. They were “totally fine with machines”. You might like Writings of the Luddites, edited and co-authored by Kevin Binfield.
on “ChatGPT Plugins” ↗…operators in the textile industry. Nor was the technology they attacked particularly new. >But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
on “The Luddite Fallacy” ↗…began, workers naturally worried about being displaced by increasingly efficient machines. But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
on “Spotify patent would suggest songs based on users' emotions” ↗…began, workers naturally worried about being displaced by increasingly efficient machines. But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
on “A robotic sewing machine could throw garment workers out of a job” ↗…The workers just wanted safe working conditions and fair wages, not to halt progress. “But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
on “Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I” ↗…machines, very soon silenced all objections. And every sensible man now looks upon them with gratitude and approbation. It is probable, this will be the case in all new inventions.” Kevin Binfield, ed., Writings of the Luddites (1811-1815; 2004) https://ia903409.us.archive.org/16/items/writings-of-the-lud... Robert Owen, Observations on the effect of the manufacturing system (1817) https://archive.org/details/observationsonef00owenrich/page/...…
on “Procedural knowledge in pretraining drives reasoning in large language models” ↗But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
…and hunger in industrial centers. Though famous for their often violent protests, the Luddites also engaged in literary resistance in the form of poems, proclamations, petitions, songs, and letters. In Writings of the Luddites, Kevin Binfield collects complete texts written by Luddites or Luddite sympathizers between 1811 and 1816, adds detailed notes, and organizes the documents by the three primary regions of origin: the…
on “Writings of the Luddites (2004) [pdf]” ↗That does the Luddites a bit of a disservice: > But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
on “Clair Obscur having its Indie Game Game Of The Year award stripped due to AI use” ↗…everyone thinking Aurornis is right, to read the article below, from the smithsonian. >But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. >“They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
on “Can we have the day off?” ↗…began, workers naturally worried about being displaced by increasingly efficient machines. But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality…
on “AI Has No Wisdom and Neither Will You” ↗…two different approaches. This may be tangential - but I’d like to point out, that while the Luddite movement may be painted as espousing the former, my readings have actually suggested the latter. In “Writings of the Luddites” they very much state that they have no problems with the machines, just that they wanted them not to be used in “dishonest” ways. Of course, movements of moderate sizes will include a spectrum of ideas…
on “E.U. Agrees on Artificial Intelligence Rules with Landmark New Law” ↗