By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/03/2026The thing that makes AI signify "go fuck yourself" isn't some intrinsic factor of large language models or transformers. It's the capitalist mode of automation, increasing quantity at the expense of quality. 71/ 1346
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/03/2026Automation doesn't *have* to be a way to reduce expectations in the hopes of selling worse things for more money - but without some form of external constraint (unions, regulation, competition), that is inevitably how companies will wield *any* automation, including and especially AI. eof/ 3488
Leo DP @leodp.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Fuck. You write more than Ed Zitron. In snippets of some tens of words. Besides the style, it is wonderful to read good content. 010
Edwin Roorda @eskyroo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Current capitalism has incorporated libertarian elements as mainstream: NO regulation or unions. That leaves "Competition is the purest form of self-regulation", a belief which doesn't account for the predatory, cash extraction form of corporations you describe. Winner-take-all is the current goal. 000
