Big Picture Science - Tech in Check
Worried that AI will
replace you? It may not seem like the Hollywood writers’ strike has anything in
common with the Luddite rebellion in England in 1811, but they are surprisingly
similar. Today we use the term “Luddite” dismissively to describe a
technophobe, but the original Luddites – cloth workers – organized and fought
Industrial Revolution automation and the factory bosses who were replacing
humans with cotton spinning machines and steam powered looms. Find out what our
age of AI can learn from textile workers of 200 years ago about keeping humans
in the loop.
Guest:
- Brian Merchant - Los Angeles Times tech columnist and author of “Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech”
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