By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026More notable than the *Economist*'s faith-based predictions about the impending army of hyper-competent robo-lawyers is the magazine's proposed solution to this looming crisis: "stop creating entitlements that are ripe for AI-fuelled claims…prune the mass of procedural rights." 7/ 4411
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026Above all, replace the bureaucrats who process your "complaints, demands and appeals" with *more* AI, which will arbitrarily decide who gets what, through "personalised welfare interventions" that are not based on any kind of guaranteed rights. 8/ 2410
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026Writing on his blog, the political scientist Henry Farrell tells us where this will inevitably end up: with AI-based robot wars in which increasingly stingy and pernickety robo-bureaucrats create demand for progressively more aggressive robo-lawyers: www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-downsi... 9/programmablemutter.comThe downside of robot solutionismMapping the Abelard Snazz feedback loop 1424
Mikaela Grace ❤️🔥 🏡in RVA @mikaelagracexo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Ok, admit it, this *Economist* is just three DOGEs in a trenchcoat! 030