By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026Peter Thiel is right: AI is full of wasteful competition, but not because competition is a waste - rather, it's because the companies are competing to convince people to use their expensive products for the cheapest applications. 1405
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO depended on him losing billions of dollars by letting the world's stupidest chuds produce mountains of child porn and images of Sonic the Hedgehog with giant boobs. That is indeed *wasteful* (and reprehensible). 1426
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026That doesn't mean we should allow the AI companies to get the government to bless their conspiracy in restraint of trade. 1443
