AI cynically mines knitting history for profit, sparking righteous rage

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A recent post highlights how AI is being used to mine the accumulated wisdom and history of knitting for profit. The author expresses righteous anger over this cynical exploitation of craft and design intelligence for AI-generated content. This trend is seen as devaluing the real history and labor involved in knitting. AI

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IMPACT Highlights concerns about AI's exploitation of creative and cultural heritage for commercial gain.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing the use of AI to exploit creative history.

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Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] · 2026-05-05 20:31

> But in the brave new world of Knitting Bullshit, all of that accumulated wisdom, all of the real history of knitting as labour, as resistance, as solidarity,

> But in the brave new world of Knitting Bullshit, all of that accumulated wisdom, all of the real history of knitting as labour, as resistance, as solidarity, as design intelligence, as craft, is now there simply to provide the powerful emotional currency that AI-generated podca…

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> But in the brave new world of Knitting Bullshit, all of that accumulated wisdom, all of the real history of knitting as labour, as resistance, as solidarity,

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