Comment by c3534l

I have to say, despite the article trying to put the most favorable light on the Luddites as the author could, the really do sound exactly like how the phrase is normally used. You can put as much nuance as you can on it, they destroyed technology because they were afraid of what it might bring. They don't strike me as being any different than the people constantly writing articles about how AI is going to leave everyone penniless and redundant. Maybe the Luddites had a point, but they were certainly afraid of what automation might do, and I see no problem after reading that entire article calling Ted Kaczynski or the author of the next AI scare-mongering article a Luddite, or calling the 1800s Luddites on the wrong side of history.