By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026There's a short line from this solipsism to billionaires' enthusiasm for AI. When you don't think other people are really *real*, it's easy to believe that they can be swapped out for chatbots. 114821
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026Mark Zuckerberg's quest to replace your friends with chatbots makes sense once you realize that for Mark Zuckerberg, you and your friends are already just balky, shitty chatbots: pluralistic.net/2026/08/06/s...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Eternal Sloptember (06 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 113217
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026The belief that bots can teach your kids or counsel your psychological problems or look after your health is perfectly consistent with the belief that you're more-or-less a bot, and also that the teachers, doctors and shrinks you rely on are *also* basically bots: pluralistic.net/2026/07/28/h...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Discernment (28 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 213920
