By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/06/2026The series of essays I've developed here on Pluralistic are part of that effort: pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/u... 34/pluralistic.netPluralistic: AI and a world without migrants (27 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1381
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/06/2026But it occurred to me that this whole enterprise of making sense of AI needs to be framed in the context of the messiness of AI itself, and AI boosters' overwhelming, promiscuous and disjointed Gish Gallop. eof/ 4754
Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 07/06/20261) "No, I can't do AI in 800 words. But give me 2000 words a week, and I can work through subtopics." 2) Is the problem really their limited space? Or their conviction that their readers/listeners won't have the patience to engage with the topic properly? 130
Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026The brain is built on ones and zeroes of pleasure (love) and pain (death). The valence of the system overall is either more pro-social or anti-social. Profit > people is consume > befriend. We train children into #PredatorCulture far too often here in the US - eat meat, conform, be loyal... 100
Laszlo Sragner @xlaszlo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026There is the concept of "pyramid building," that a society must keep a significant portion of people in near-poverty so the rest can keep running it. Therefore, excess product must be burned up regularly. That's what we see now. (The other alternative is war, of course.) 0192
Kim @knayyer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Really great thread/post, Cory. Thank you. I’ll add it to my class reading list 151
