By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026(Of course, the AI boss version of this is the belief that everyone else is a "stochastic parrot":) xcancel.com/sama/status/... 11/xcancel.comSam Altman (@sama)i am a stochastic parrot, and so r u 160
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026But in truth, *any* corporate boss is prone to solipsism. To maximize corporate profits, you must view other people - employees, suppliers and customers - as inconvenient problems to be solved, not true people with feelings and needs that are co-equal with your own. 12/ 1110
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/05/2026This is why AI is so attractive to the ruling class. For corporate leaders, the fantasy of your own worth is always dangerously close to collapsing. 13/ 191
