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Meet the AI vegans. They are refusing to use artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 52 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i wonder if they came up with such term to mock those who dont want to use ai and possibly actual vegans on the side.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They use to mock us with “Luddite” but the Technologists looked into that actual movement (rather than the caricature) and agreed, “yeah sure, like them”. That took the sting out of the pejorative, so they picked another mocked group to connect it with.