By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026AI is alarming for many reasons: it's a dangerous financial bubble, an environmental catastrophe, and a tool for eroding wages and labor power. But in addition to all that, AI is an epistemic disaster. 1/ 9454191
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/08/20/e... 2/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 1758
vuduchyld @vuduchyld.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You are amazingly prolific! How do you generate so much outstanding content? I don't think you're using AI. Are you an army of people operating under one house pseudonym??? 420
Girl Lich 🏳️⚧️⚢💀 @girllich.bsky.social · 21/08/20261. no it isn't 2. no it isn't 3. no it isn't 4. no it isn't 000
Craig Winston @craigwinston.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I find it strange that one of the threats families have face require discussing opzec with their children and in turn with their older parents. Asking are you OK? takes on new dimensions. 000
James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Indeed. bsky.app/profile/theg...God@thegodshow.comThe worst thing about AI is how nobody trusts anything as being real anymore. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. 0141
stratvox @partialtomusic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Watching what has been going on has been absolutely terrifying. We're watching our civilisation lobotomise itself in real time, all so a tiny group of people can use their estimated net worth to keep score amongst themselves. 011
Ukemike @ukemike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026There is one thing that These AIs are good at, looking for patterns in enormous bodies of data. That makes it super useful for science, and... also for mass surveillance. 120
