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The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down::Activists are organizing to combat generative AI and other technologies—and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

number of other incidents—including one in which a Cruise self-driving car hit a pedestrian and dragged them 20 feet

I see the author is perfectly fine with misrepresenting incidents to favour their narrative.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you referring to this incident?

If so, how would you want someone to refer to it?

I'm out of the loop on this one -- I don't recall hearing about this "dragged 20 feet" incident until now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The pedestrian was first hit by a human driver, who drove off without stopping. They were knocked under the self driving car, which responded to the incident by braking ASAP. Which unfortunately stopped them on top of the victim. Calling it the fault of the AI is badly misrepresenting the situation.