By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/07/2026It's so bad that I often copy the block of text we're working on into a text editor, make my changes, then paste it back into the Word window. If I were to accept even 10% of these suggestions, my work would be made *significantly* worse. 26/ 2492
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/07/2026Putting chatbots into Word pushed it from "annoying" into "enshittening." I certainly understand how relying on a chatbot to make edits to your work could make it worse. That's where *discernment* comes in. I have written more than 30 books over the past 25 years. 27/ 1475
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/07/2026I have *lots* of experience defending my word choices, and not just against the mechanical judgments of a high-handed spellchecker, but also against overreaching copyeditors and paranoid publisher's lawyers. 28/ 1410
