"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."
(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)
https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/
@tante Considering how some parts of the far right don't believe in things like vaccines, clean energy and almost everything said by actual scientists, it is difficult to take a sentence like "the left doesn't believe in technology" with any credibility. The article you commented on is really just stupid propaganda and rage bait.
I agree with what you said, but I think content like that should simply be ignored as interacting with it gives it more credibility and weight while it is just garbage.
@dision they're fantastic
@sabrinabonfert @dision oh, I apologize, will fix. Thanks for pointing that out!
@tante oh damn!
This resonates so much that I feel it in my bones ...
@tante
My view is that the issue is not so much do we like technology or not, but rather what we think our relationship to the producers of the technology should be.
