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Eschewing technology is not what the Luddites were initially after. At first they asked for a minimum wage, minimum labour standards and taxes on the new technology to support laid off workers [1]. This was rejected so they tried to protect their wage power by smashing up the machines.

A Luddite response to AI might be to tax the value AI created (Microsoft's profits) and use that to fund minimum wages/retraining. Not sure how that would work when the AI value is in one jurisdiction and job losses in another.

[1] https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-L...




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