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Luddites Then and Now: Fear, Backlash, and the Right Response to AI Disruption
Centuries ago, skilled textile workers known as Luddites took up arms—literally—against the encroaching tide of powered looms and factory machines. Their protests were not born of ignorance but of real, pressing fear: the new technologies threatened their livelihoods and destabilized their communities (National Archives, 2022; Historic UK, 2023). In today’s AI-driven world,…