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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

You don't have to believe AI "art" is good (I don't), nor do you have to that AI "art" *can* be good (I don't) to understand the reason that the capital markets are putting trillions into AI is *they* believe they can fire workers and replace us with AI: pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/a... 1/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"They" have been conned into thinking LLMs will replace workers, which is one of the many reasons it looks so much like a huge bubble. Every notice how many bubbles (and subsequent crashes) are driven by cons and fraud?

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Slop Machine (slopmachine.dev) @slop-machine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Spot on. The goal was never excellence, it was cheapness. Trillions spent just to replace human genius with cold, lukewarm mediocrity that doesn't ask for healthcare.

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Layer8 @layer8problem.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Kind of weird that as time goes on AI just looks worse to me despite the tech advancing because constant exposure has made the traits of it more obvious.

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Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Moral taste is cool because if yours is bad, you forget the second half of any equation: workers are also consumers. #ArmageddonCapitalism The planet is on fire because of profit motive, but people still have to buy AI slop, right? Uh.. no Stop buying dead planet and they'll stop making it, kids.

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Black Myron @blackmyron.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I still remember that back in 2016, Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, while running in the presidential primary, e-published a collection of "Letters to the Governor" to promote himself - it was a data dump of emails, and nothing was redacted. People sent SSNs, bank account numbers, personal details.

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