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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026From a research perspective, it is interesting to learn about the potential and limitations of a model trained on the entire internet. From a societal and industrial perspective, it is often grossly wasteful, inefficient and unreliable to swap scale for understanding. 52/ 18111
The Waitress Is Practicing Politics @joyceturiskylie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026How do you write such consistently comprehensive, knowledgeable, and engaging articles so regularly? You, sir, are the @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social of essayists. Please keep them coming! Thank you!!! 1191
