The Neo-Luddite (almost) Weekly - Issue #2

I knew that making this a weekly thing would be difficult. Well, at least I warned you!If you're not sure what I'm talking about, it's probably because you missed this post:Introducing the "Neo-Luddite (sort of) Weekly"!The Neo-Luddite Weekly, issue one. October 18, 2026. (Name is subject to change.)So, yeah, it took almost three weeks for the second issue of a series that was supposed to be weekly. Oh well.Beyond the usual excuse, I only have three links to share with you today. However, two of them are quite lengthy articles, and I didn't want to share them without first reading them carefully.Let's get started, shall we?Today's topic will be a recurrent one here, I'm afraid. I'm talking about so-calledAIAs a reminder, I say "so-called" because pretty much none of the things called "AI" nowadays are actually AI, which is nothing else than a marketing term at this point.Our first article is from Ed Zitron's blog/newsletter:The AI Hater's ManifestoIf you liked this piece, you should…

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