By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/07/2026Nevertheless, the elevation of "AI takeoff" from a thought-experiment to an "existential risk" is a powerful marketing tool. 19/ 1450
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/07/2026Any technology that is indistinguishable from god is *also* going to be *extremely* valuable (at least, up to the moment that it turns us all into paperclips): pluralistic.net/2024/05/17/f... 19/ 20/pluralistic.netPluralistic: You were promised a jetpack by liars (17 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1360
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/07/2026Once the superintelligence thought-experiment is upgraded to an X-risk, lots of *other* thought experiments are sucked along in its wake. That's where "rights for robots" comes in, the idea that we should spend time thinking about whether chatbots should have human rights. 21/ 2391
