By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026It's even more true for the people that billionaires experience as statistical artifacts, such as Jeff Bezos's vast army of drivers and warehouse workers, with their sky-high on-the-job injury rates and the everyday indignity of their piss-bottles. 17/ 133123
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026It gets worse for social media bosses like Zuck, for whom AI's appeal is ending socializing on social media, swapping your mulish friends for pliable chatbots who organize their interactions with you to maximize your usage and thus the number of ads you see: pluralistic.net/2026/01/19/b... 18/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Social media without socializing (19 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 327722
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026I think billionaire solipsism can account for much of the malinvestment in this obvious bubble, but I don't think it's the whole story. Rather, I think there's a whole cohort of investors who don't believe in AI, but believe that *other* people will believe in AI. 19/ 642858
szrpnzfffdrrzzz @szarypanz.eurosky.social · 25/07/2026reminds me of a story about zuck and his court from 'careless people' 0345
CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The weirdest thing is if their investor story was true & the chatbots could actually replace those workers, what salaries are going to pay for the products those ads are pushing? What companies're buying the ads if all the revenue goes to the 7 firms? There's already not enough to pay for the IPOs. 020