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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026

AI is sold as a way to wire the toy steering wheel directly into the corporation's drive-train: pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f... Seen in this light, bosses' insistence that workers use AI makes perfect sense.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026

Once you reassure yourself that your subordinates produce the things you need by prompting a model, you reassure yourself that *you could do their jobs*.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026

At that point, you're not relying on their skill - you're doing them the favor of paying them to do a job that you're too busy and important to do, but which you *could* do. With AI, you can tell yourself that you're in the driver's seat, even if someone else has their hands on the wheel.

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Mario @miniaci.co.uk · 14/09/2026

I've had a client fire up ChatGPT during a teams meeting and search up summaries *of what I'm actually technically presenting* and then ask without shame "but ChatGPT says it should be like X", where X is lifted from the marketing website, and not tailored to their business like my slides.

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