By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026An "AI creator" is like a "creator" in that it works to maximize your engagement with the platform - and thus the number of ads that can be crammed into your face-holes. 16/ 182
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026But unlike a "creator," it makes no demands upon the platform and exists solely to serve the platform's shareholders and executives. It's the perfect realization of the solipsist fantasy of a world without people: pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f... 17/pluralistic.netPluralistic: A world without people (05 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 190
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026But there's a problem with this plan: your friends are not a liability for a platform. Your friends are the platforms' *single most important asset*. Your friends are why the platforms are so "sticky." 18/ 180
