I'm not a luddite, I'm extremely accelerationist. I'm observing that neo-Amish will exist. And yes, those guys will be left behind as is their desire.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 2:29 PM Giovanni Santostasi <[email protected]> wrote: > What is weird is to see a bunch of Luddites in this newsletter. Crazy. > Giovanni > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM Giovanni Santostasi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Absurd and completely out of line. They can slow down things; eventually, >> they will be left behind by the entire world. >> Giovanni >> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 2:26 PM Robert Levy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It might not be the worst thing to have some states where people can go >>> to get away from technology. We'll probably see a movement of some kind >>> emerge that is analogous to the Amish as a reaction to the industrial >>> revolution. Maybe it will start in Tennessee. >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 6:51 PM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Tennessee will make it a class A felony (same as murder) to train an AI >>>> to provide emotional support, act as a friend, or simulate a human. >>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/s/0XrvTQF4s2 >>>> >>>> -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] >>>> >>> *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7fbc44c56222e976-M8f2b0e0d40b4dcd3b9cb372b> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7fbc44c56222e976-M0e2b14125b57688785f74ea0 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
