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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026

I think worrying about what we'll do if AI becomes intelligent is at best a distraction and at worst a cynical marketing ploy: locusmag.com/feature/cory... Now, that said: among some of the "AI doomers," I recognize kindred spirits. 3/

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I am an AI skeptic. I am baffled by anyone who isn’t. I don’t see any path from continuous improvements to the (admittedly impressive) ”machine learning” field that leads to…

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026

I, too, worry about technologies controlled by corporations that have grown so powerful that they defy regulation. I worry about how those technologies are used against us, and about how the corporations that make them are fusing with authoritarian states to create a totalitarian nightmare. 4/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026

I worry that technology is used to spy on and immiserate workers. I just don't think we need AI to do those things. I think we should *already* be worried about those things. 5/

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