Luddite Memes

Posted on by Karen

I saw a news piece today on the internal memes that Google employees are sharing about how much AI sucks, and realized that I too have been sharing stuff at work. Why not share it everywhere?

From my comrades at Google: The Big Forehead Fish meme. Text over the diver reads ME, WORKING. Text over the fish reads, AREN'T YOU USING AI? WHY IS IT STILL TAKING SO MUCH TIME? AI IS MAGIC, ARE YOU A MUGGLE? NEW BEST AI TOOL LAUNCHED JUST TODAY

 

I’ve been seeing AI in more and more job postings–in the copy of the actual job description, in the job requirements, and even in the applications. This isn’t my answer; I saved it because it’s so great but now I don’t remember where I saw it.
A question field in a job application. The question says "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated Al tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond simple prompt usage." And the answer says, "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. "you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster." there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn't mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

 

Maybe I need to try this at work? (The internet was full of Bulterian Jihad and Orange Catholic Bible references after that encyclical dropped, we love to see it.)
Screenshot of a Bluesky post. Text says "I hope you all realize that now that Pope Leo has denounced Al you can refuse to use it at work, citing religious conflict, and legally the company cannot force you to."

 

We all need to try this.
Screenshot of an X post that says "If the working class spoke about redistributing the elite class' wealth the way the elites speak about the coming domination of Al - as something inevitable, as this unstoppable, unavoidable wave of progress - perhaps we can make them as anxious as they're trying to make us."

 

 

 

(Remember, the Luddites weren’t scared of technology; they protested it “due to concerns relating to worker pay, child labor, working conditions and output quality.“

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