By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026Lest anyone accuse me of bargaining in bad faith here, let me start with this admission: I don't think AI is intelligent; nor do I think that the current (admittedly impressive) statistical techniques will lead to intelligence. 1/ 923665
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/p... 2/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 1588
Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The ability to shift through vast quantities of information on people autonomously and continually is scary. Governments are cracking down on online anonymity and I don't see this as a coincidence. This is a serious threat to liberty. AI can't do your job but it can monitor what you do. 020
Justin Sewell @justinsewell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Bring back great book cover synopsis like these thread bookends! Makes me instantly want to open and read the whole thing 0112
Tim Knittel • Bourbon Educator & Events @tim-knittel.com · 16/04/2026Please define intelligence in a way that includes humans, excludes current-gen AI, explains the Chinese room operating successfully, and lets Mary have a difference between knowing about red and seeing it. 110
Drunken Father Figure of Old @masterfulidiot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Great thread! Don’t have anything intelligent to add, but it’s very helpful to read you articulate precisely what I experience as vague unease and frustration! 020
Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 10/07/2026LLMs are really good at 2 things, translation and finding patterns in huge data sets. So the only realistic uses for LLMs are translation, coding (a kind of translation), science with huge data sets like genetics and astrophysics, and mass surveillance. 010
