By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026The people who have committed our society and its resources to an all-or-nothing bet on AI will tell you that AI is the everything machine. 10/ 1515
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026But when pressed, they will confess that AI is about to *become* the everything machine, for example, once AI starts doing AI research, a thing that AI *cannot* do: www.normaltech.ai/p/ai-agents-... 11/normaltech.ai 2643
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/08/2026This is a civilizational act of Magic Underpants Gnomery, and every day that it goes on is a day when more economic, climate and political costs of AI are imposed on all of us. 12/ 17111
Rattus Norvegicus @omarshockapopolis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Will the bosses insist that AI goes into the office just like all the human workers? 2678