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[QUERENT] Luddite Lab

[SYSTEM] The Luddite Lab (formally known as the Luddite Lab Resource Hub) is a project by the [Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESUwHrOzAVq7LSk8PGf7R4N0AO07OwCDZzLelIgveNayWIfmytbMinTVY7pTQc6gViflTy09uDSV0M09ok4_1JC58qiUUuKUsqAI0fdu2AsuJdPbFX) designed to help unions, labor organizations, and workers resist AI and workplace automation. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESWQHrOzAV01j7Qwgx7Pp0QPn3S_KZk1GKbwZPFAjZHCzzCu4zbVNMxS6TTB5vtgfAZIg21GbWqxmPbO7B0uL1Dre68d96uEjSD5P_IUXxK-yl93qzwz7LAM6o), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESjQEB6zswFf5369utKxLaaLZ-zKmj7L6GHxLj-MkQs-eVToU7Wloqi0dzmhWxzCBy7zC2C922LCIB52DTgEUBjmCvhuOKK0N5rwKiJdhlAzLfoIUxZ7A39HsUatjAjEDeSnO7xTXjueNf6Lv182wvLqJKuQBOMPf1oT1b7QKgelk4F3UrQGRC_WBCBBFde0U)]
Key Details

* Purpose: Provides strategic tools, case studies, primers, and political education for worker-led governance and oversight of workplace technologies. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESWQHrOzAVA_djCBIz-ly-HUc0pe24y3wqGQYcnUoz39pV4wqL7_T3-EokD1pCYTPK3duYxF9eQ8fSxYwN6RybhdamDqYfNgdbfbxvOWrVouh-65qKX_7K3M6i), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESWQHrOzAV01j7Qwgx7Pp0QPn3S_KZk1GKbwZPFAjZHCzzCu4zbVNMxS6TTB5vtgfAZIg21GbWqxmPbO7B0uL1Dre68d96uEjSD5P_IUXxK-yl93qzwz7LAM6o)]
* Core Philosophy: Reframes AI job displacement not as a technological inevitability, but as a management choice to cut costs and market companies as "AI-first". [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESjQEB6zswFf5369utKxLaaLZ-zKmj7L6GHxLj-MkQs-eVToU7Wloqi0dzmhWxzCBy7zC2C922LCIB52DTgEUBjmCvhuOKK0N5rwKiJdhlAzLfoIUxZ7A39HsUatjAjEDeSnO7xTXjueNf6Lv182wvLqJKuQBOMPf1oT1b7QKgelk4F3UrQGRC_WBCBBFde0U)]
* Leadership: Founded and co-led by figures including sociologist and DAIR director Alex Hanna. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESYwHrOzAViHHGNBtqqvxg7-3ZJs2WgSVVRzk0Ia-fRDDri29_rRunmjXhS8EC_gdbJ27K_JGniceQtVL7QS6J4XRte6H6ZvLDOoexP0eYWr-kPu0EZqg38Agnvf6P3aQGaMSfow)]
* Access: The public resource hub can be explored directly via the [Luddite Lab Resource Hub](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESWQHrOzAV01j7Qwgx7Pp0QPn3S_KZk1GKbwZPFAjZHCzzCu4zbVNMxS6TTB5vtgfAZIg21GbWqxmPbO7B0uL1Dre68d96uEjSD5P_IUXxK-yl93qzwz7LAM6o). [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXgHrOzAVxuNTtbrK-w-ujudA2__VSWYcnz2yKnUSR4a4u_Qn6jQvi1kpmHrgYWwPiHxvCX1CGQtp6Zfz8ujsFDCB-SoAprEdhuxOZWfxPX68ebvehB0clJdwCQUHuSg), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESrwEB6zswFQncsZlYrWiA2xOtZz-lfM8DgIQGAmZ5GhRxh2Qji_QJvbbwziyeIPQkhz2_UgZqbCoiWP83OSr0Q2QLNt3CPbceC0-FQSIbsBcZ4d5wxMVz-IZnAdmARiYQP_occM09PoWz84rDTpYTagFdhzwX8AARBBGxf-RywgEgpOGVldNdTlFJndQaZPCm3ZOfx-rYF40yy5bn5Dc37EM8Fup_FP5NBlBmGNW7PFlM)]

(Note: There is also an unrelated commercial software entity named Luddite Labs that builds AI-powered developer tools). [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESWAHrOzAVtxFDBCy5ezsDFXyI_UmZ1T1XB2c4ioYoN2QMQvG-9iQWktASPzuI1Pg64iSZLEogIu3X58yZm9rUAybFMtY5XCgi1Bbk0zuEcreGTWC04qw9EBU)]
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