By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/05/2026* Artists are also a favorite target of AI bosses, which is weird, because the wages of creative workers add up to a total that rounds to zero when compared with the unimaginably large sums AI companies will have to take in if they are to pay back the trillions they've spent to date. 16/ 1224
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/05/2026(Let alone the trillions more they're proposing to spend in the near term.) All of this raises a foundational question: can AI "art" ever be good? (Spoiler: probably not): pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/c... 17/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Why I don’t like AI art (25 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1142
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/05/2026* Media companies say they have the answer to the AI art question: they'll create (or assert) a copyright that lets them control AI training. 18/ 1141