By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026Of all the weird recurring motifs of the stories people tell me about the AI labor wars, the *weirdest* is when bosses demand to be reassured that their contractors and workers will *absolutely* use AI to get the job done. 624867
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026If 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/2026/09/14/c...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. 1457
theinvisiblethirdman @thirdmanuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My boss asked me if I used AI to do something, and my answer was "No, because I know what I'm doing and wanted it to be right." I manage CRM data and spend half my time now fixing things users have done with AI 0110
Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's weird. It's a moral injury if you pay for a planet-killing system to make money (a measure of harm) and your underlings don't validate your sense of worth you can't HAVE self-esteem over doing harms you NEED reassurance that's how brains work 000
translucentmf @translucentmf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I was on a call about a month ago where an IT executive was berating his employees for not using AI enough. There's a fear among his bosses that without AI the company will be even less competitive. 020
Gordonator @gordonator.myatproto.social · 15/09/2026One advantage of running into your posts on bluesky is I can just read your thread without (1) clicking a million times on individual posts in Mastodon or (2) horrors (sorry, I kid) clicking on pluralist which I actually do if I don’t run into you somewhere else. 000
OhMarie @mariepluscats.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I am part owner of a small business and our biggest customer is all in on this, like they have quotas for how much AI they are using, there's not even an associated metric of whether it's helping, it's weird! 020
