What exactly is the leftist aversion to AI?

Preserving white collar busy work which most of them do?

Cultural aversion to tech?

Decel/environmental concerns?

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Yeah don’t want to speak for them all ofc but think the essential dehumanization underlies a bunch of the dislike

Reading Quinn this morning if a view more articulate than mine might interest you. Proliferating zombie bots coming for us :}

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the dehumanization idea is interesting but I don’t think it’s unique to one side

I think it’s just a general political aversion to tech and moneyed interests

What’s your sense of the root/s?

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"stealing" is def one of the moral explanations provided, but i don't think it's at the root of it

Yeah don’t want to speak for them all ofc but think the essential dehumanization underlies a bunch of the dislike

Reading Quinn this morning if a view more articulate than mine might interest you. Proliferating zombie bots coming for us :}

That’s funny, I know that’s a common criticism obviously but wouldn’t necessarily expect that to be their main concern