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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026

Actual, existing AI is useful at the margins, *if* you're a skilled practitioner who can discern correct from incorrect outputs, and *if* you integrate AI judiciously so it doesn't overwhelm your ability to pay attention to outputs and apply discernment to them: pluralistic.net/2026/07/28/h... 5/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026

In other words, AI is mostly a novelty, a heavily subsidized toy that produces little more than distraction. 6/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026

Where AI *does* produce value, that value is comparable to a *plug-in*, a new feature for your word processor or image/sound/video-editing package that might help you do your job somewhat better, or it might not. 7/

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8647Russ @massivruss.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I prefer the term “parlor trick”.

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Sheeri Cabral 🍉 @sheeri.org · 19/08/2026

And is hyped by executives who theoretically are those experts benefitting, because they already know. You can’t give AI to an intern

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