By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026In a similar vein, Elliott-McCrea describes how the imperatives of the AI industry are devouring its seed-corn - consuming the canon without putting anything new back in it. 28/ 1342
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026AI can do endless theorem-proving but is essentially useless for creating "library mathematics: general, reusable, coherent, efficient, and compatible with the rest." 29/ 2382
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026AI can also write a lot of running code, but the AI industry is further devaluing the already undervalued work of cleanup and canonization. As Elliott-McCrea writes, "the social production of knowledge [is] the seed corn." eof/ 2633
Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"Whenever the GOP gets into office, their first priorities are to gobble up the seed corn, piss in the reservoir, and tear the guardrails off of Suicide Gorge." - me 040
