They were not "against technology", that was the propaganda of the ruling class which still gets repeated today. The Luddites were put down by militarily and violently killed. They didn't fail because they weren't publicly supported (they were wildly popular) or weren't against the social relations (they very much were)
Building frontier AI models cost billions of dollars in capital. Any solution involves raising that kind of money, the forces of the money will be put right back against you. It's also just as likely to be banned if it's seen as a big enough threat.