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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/05/2026

By replacing your friends with chatbots, Zuck hopes to make social media without the socializing: pluralistic.net/2026/04/17/f... Billionaires have bet that bosses (and other would-be billionaires) will spend trillions on AI products, captured by the fantasy of a workplace without workers. 24/

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Pluralistic: Tiktokification shall set us free (17 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/05/2026

They think AI could be the remedy for the ancient, nameless dread that bosses experience every time they contemplate the fact that if they don't show up for work, everything hums along fine; whereas if the *workers* don't show up, the whole enterprise collapses. 25/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/05/2026

Secretly, bosses are haunted by the fear that they're not driving the car, they're strapped into the back seat, amusing themselves with a toy steering-wheel: pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f... 26/

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Pluralistic: A world without people (05 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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