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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/03/2026

Ironically, many of these chatbots turn out to be call center workers *pretending* to be chatbots (as the Indian tech joke goes, "AI stands for 'Absent Indians'"): pluralistic.net/2024/01/29/p... 20/

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Pluralistic: I assure you, an AI didn’t write a terrible “George Carlin” routine (29 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/03/2026

"We used an AI to do this" is increasingly a way of saying, "We didn't want to do this in the first place and we don't care if it's done well." 21/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/03/2026

That's why DOGE replaced the call center at US Customs and Immigration with a chatbot that tells you to read a PDF and disconnects the call: pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/d... The Trump admin doesn't want to hear from immigrants who are trying to file their bewildering paperwork correctly. 22/

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Pluralistic: Luxury Kafka (06 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Simon Says… Papibara Era @kapsler.eurosky.social · 13/03/2026

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Exatron @exatron.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

My job keep trying to push AI on me and caring about the quality of my work is one of the reasons I'm extremely resistant to using it. Two my other reasons are that I can think for myself and I'm not a talentless hack.

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scosky.bsky.social @scosky.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Which is why it does bullshit jobs very well

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Shane McKee @shaneir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had a colleague put up the crappest powerpoint slide I've seen in years, and say unironically "I used AI to create this - after all, don't want to be left behind!" I facepalmed so hard I felt I needed those extra fingers.

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