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		zirgs on Sept 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rethinking the Luddites Did anyone care about welders who got replaced, because robots are much better at welding car frames together? Only now when "prestigious" white collar positions are being threatened people are starting to freak out.

val314159 on Sept 27, 2023 [–]

check out 80's movies. The dying steel town was a trope.

zirgs on Sept 29, 2023 | [–]

Yeah, but was there a campaign against products that were assembled with robots?

Like there are anti AI art campaigns on Artstation and elsewhere.

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