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Blood in the Machine

99% Invisible

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Resisting Automation and AI: The Modern Luddites

Examining the parallels between recent strikes by actors and screenwriters and the actions of the Luddites, as both groups resist the harmful effects of automation and AI on their livelihoods, while highlighting the timeless issues of technology imposition and lack of regulation.

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