Comment by i000
2 days ago
Weirdly common I would say. US dockworkers / longshoremen are anti-automation big time.
https://ilaunion.org/the-ilas-fight-against-automation-prese...
The lack of productivity-growth in construction is also telling that this industry as a whole may be a bit too pro-hammer and anti-innovation
https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/why-has-produ...
People would be more pro-automation if it didn't entail losing their livelihoods and ability to access food and shelter.
That is my point people are pro-AI / anti-AI and pro-automation / anti-automation, there is nothing weird about it.