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

AI is like a carny ride that triggers cardiac events in riders who never knew they had a problem because they never experienced those particular g-stresses - it's not something that *induces* vulnerability, it's something that *triggers* vulnerability: pluralistic.net/2026/06/03/m... 28/

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Pluralistic: Delusion as a service (04 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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

Using AI doesn't make you evil, nor does it risk your sanity - no more than doing any of the other dangerous, compromised, unsustainable things that constitute our daily lives in this fraught moment. 29/

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

The world will be better off when the AI companies are bankrupt and their servers are sold off at ten cents on the dollar - but using those servers to run open models in modest, careful ways won't infect you with their wickedness. 30/

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