[ThrowawayR2]

No, you're not a Luddite.

Firstly, "Luddite", "artisan", etc. is a pejorative label, a label we should not accept. It is a rhetorical trick that AI marketers use shut down skepticism by trying to shame those who question their sales pitch. If "Luddite" is valid discourse on HN, so is "AI huckster" and "AI grifter" and we should label these shady AI promoters as such.

Secondly, not all tech has net positive outcomes despite initial benefits. Leaded gasoline is a historical example. Despite AI being useful to me as a tool, it is not clear that that it's positives outweigh the negative societal impact. Only time will tell but it is not wrong or "Luddite" to express those doubts.