In the early 19th century, textile workers in Nottingham rebelled against their factory owners As factory owners began to use new machinery that reduced the number of employees and factories they needed, workers felt that their skillset was being wasted and their livelihoods threatened. This rebellion was the Luddite movement. The term ‘Luddite’ has since been used to describe those who opposed industrialisation, automation, and in more recent times some cutting-edge technologies threatening to disrupt the mainstream. When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), you can sympathise with the Luddite philosophy to an extent. The idea that we can teach

As factory owners began to use new machinery that reduced the number of employees and factories they needed, workers felt that their skillset was being wasted and their livelihoods threatened. This rebellion was the Luddite movement. The term'Luddite' has since been used to describe those who opposed industrialisation, automation, and in more recent times some cutting-edge technologies threatening to disrupt the mainstream. When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), you can sympathise with the Luddite philosophy to an extent. The idea that we can teach machines to think for themselves is an Academy Award-winning one, from Ex Machina to I, Robot.