Artificial Intelligence in the 21st century threatens people who feel their livelihoods will become extinct. This is because they fear that A.I. is “taking over” the creative and administrative tasks that people rely on for wages. They feel insecure that A.I. can do their jobs more efficiently and precisely.
In the early 19th century, there were people in England and elsewhere who feared the same with regard to clothmaking (textiles). They believed that their livelihoods would be erased because of new machinery. The Luddites did not want this new machinery from “taking over.” To that end, they used threats and violence against the threat.
The feelings and thoughts of the Luddites are not so far removed, perhaps, from how people in the 21st century are reacting to how Artificial Intelligence is “taking over.”
Of course, the Luddites or anyone could not talk to the new machine inventions as 21st century people can talk to A.I. But, alas, this lack of talking machinery was the reality of “technology” of the early 19th century.
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Charles Ynfante was and is involved in media. He is an author, whose fiction and non-fiction books can be found at Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, Tolino, and Amazon.
He wrote book reviews for UCLA the American Indian Culture and Research Journal:
Red Man’s in the Warpath: The Image of the “Indian” and Second World War. Vol. 28 (2005) 4.
A Zuni Life: A Pueblo Indian in Two Worlds. Vol. 24 (1999) 1.
Son of Two Bloods. Vol. 22 (1998) 1.
He was a Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
He was a previous participant in Hollywood. He has worked with Jack Warden, Sam Elliot, Emilio Delgado, Tim O’Connor, Joe Mantell, James Whitmore, Ned Romero, among others.
MGM STUDIOS. Motion Picture: “They Only Come OUT at Night.” (character: Tall Chief). Co-starred with Jack Warden. Written by Al Martinez. Directed by Daryl Duke. Produced by Everett Chambers and Robert Monroe.
DAVID WOLPER PRODUCTIONS. Motion Picture: “I Will Fight No More Forever.” (character: Yellow Wolf). He co-starred with Sam Elliot, James Whitmore, Emilio Delgado, Ned Romero, and others. Directed by Richard T. Heffron. Written by Jeb Rosebrook and Theodore Strauss. Produced by David L. Wolper, Stan Margulies, and Malcom Alper.
IRWIN ALLEN PRODUCTIONS – Television Show: “Swiss Family Robinson.” (character: Shaman, Jr. One television show).
PRDUCERS STUDIO / D.R. PRODUCTIONS. Television Series: “You in Public Service.” (character: one of four).
DAVID WOLPER PRODUCTIONS. Motion Picture: “Bigfoot.” (character: John).
DANIEL WILSON PRODUCTIONS. Motion Picture: “The Sioux.” (character: Little Hunter).
DESORT AND SAM PRODUCTIONS. Television Commercial: “Straw Hat Pizza.” (character: Counter boy).
Theater experience:
Canterbury Tales (the Merchant).
Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha).
Othello (Iago).
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (George).
Cabaret (Ernest Ludwig).
The Fantastics (El Gallo).
The Crucible (Governor Danforth).
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Horatio).
Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha).
Boys in the Band (Larry).
The Apple Tree (the serpent).
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy).
Biedermann and the Firebugs (Sepp).
The Agreement (Sal).
Suddenly Last Summer (Dr. Sugar).
Mad Woman of Chaillot (Dr. Jardin).
Blithe Sprit (Dr. Randolph).
Night Must Fall (Belsize).
Annie Get Your Gun (Sitting Bull).
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