By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026And if Trump orders John Deere to brick all the tractors in your country, you're gonna starve to death: pluralistic.net/2022/05/08/a... 48/pluralistic.netAbout those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 19713
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026In the face of these real, non-speculative, immediate, grave threats, focusing on AI - the money-losingest technology in human history, which has consistently underperformed relative to its boosters' promises - is just misguided. 49/ 112913
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026If you really want an "AI strategy" for your country, it should be this: wait for the bubble to burst, then buy hardware and talent at fire-sale prices in the wave of ensuing bankruptcies, and use them to extract more performance from free, open source models. 50/ 127679
