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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026

AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026

Long after the AI bubble bursts, we'll be dealing with its catastrophic carbon emissions. The Second Law of Thermodynamics isn't up for debate. Once we sink enough therms into the sea, we are losing the ice-caps. 37/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026

AI is an ordinary technology, but the AI bubble *is* extraordinary: extraordinarily toxic and extraordinarily dangerous. 38/

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Scabby Don't @generalmonkey.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

When the oligarchs can automate all they want the masses are a liability, and climate change is just one of their weapons of gigadeath. They'll keep a comfortably-sized gene-pool of beautiful performers as chattel, pay a few enforcers in privilege. They think they're close - just a big push away.

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