By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026The AI companies have proved that there are many domains and applications where we can swap scale for understanding. 49/ 1392
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026But, having ridden some world-historic forces and adjacent possibles to great fortunes and stature, they cannot be dissuaded from their conviction that theory-free inference and scale can do *everything*. 50/ 2533
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026They can't be convinced that in many cases, the things that scale and theory-free inference *can* do are much better accomplished through causal understandings and conventional computing techniques. 51/ 2552
Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026because narcissists are impressed by the narcissism machine - it's lack of CARING that creates lack of understanding in humans.. that's why AI can mimic a toxic narcissist, gaslighting, love-bombing, driving kids to suicide and all 020
