By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/06/2026We *could* do "AI cancer research" by producing tools that automate gnarly multivariant analysis problems for cancer researchers. 20/ 327933
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/06/2026But what we're *actually* doing is defunding cancer research (especially any research into "systemic" cancer because studying systemic things is "woke") to free up fiscal space so we can build data-centers and make Musk into a trillionaire. 21/ 437772
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/06/2026That's not just a *dead* economy - it's one that'll kill everyone you love and everything that matters. 22/ 527540
pmmii.bsky.social @pmmii.bsky.social · 18/06/2026And make Elon Musk a digital god. Let's not forget that. That's Musk's primary motivation, in fact, to become a literal divinity - and I don't get the "loving and caring God" vibes from Musk, not even close. 100
TangentFoxOfficial @tangentfoxofficial.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Thank you for putting into better words my chief complaint with claims of AI solving cancer. (There tends to be egregious claims on opposite sides instead of acknowledging where improvement can be made.) 0131
