By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/07/2026DOGE's broccoli-haired brownshirts laughed in the faces of the NIH lifers who begged them not to vaporize their long-running cancer research projects: "General AI is around the corner and *it's* going to cure cancer. Cancer research is a waste of money!" 10/ 1325
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/07/2026Which all raises the question: if you've truly incubated a foetal demiurge in your "AI lab," why are you offering to sell it to *me*? *What do the AI hucksters buy/One half so precious as the Gods they sell?*" 11/ 1374
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/07/2026Of course, they might answer, "We need your money *now* so we can make god *later*." That's why they want your boss to fire you and replace you with their chatbots and split your wages with your former employer. 12/ 1264