By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026Twopp is left in a state of high-stakes Big Robot crimewars, in which the most efficient criminals imaginable battle the most ruthless robocops science can deliver, with the Twoppians caught in the crossfire, collateral damage in a robotic forever war (on crime). 13/ 1260
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026As Farrell writes, this is already afflicting the US health system, where an army of insurance company robo-claim-deniers have been countered with a doctors' army of robot-claim-*appealers*: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/h... 14/nytimes.comIn Constant Battle With Insurers, Doctors Reach for a Cudgel: A.I. (Published 2024)As health plans increasingly rely on technology to deny treatment, physicians are fighting back with chatbots that synthesize research and make the case. 1417
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026The point being that people *need* health care, people *need* public services.There will always be some waste at the margins (whether due to incompetence or dishonesty). 15/ 1363