By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/b... #Pluralistic 37824
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses: If you can't impose switching costs, just eliminate the competition. bsky.app/profile/did:...By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.netThere's lots of reasons to believe AI "hyperscalers" can never be profitable, and not just the gigantic expenditures and negative unit economics (the companies lose money on new customers and every use, and they lose more with each generation of their products): pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e... 1152
atomless @atomless.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So good: “these companies are claiming that they are so cool that their profitability can only be measured using a novel, secret form of mathematics” I think you’ll appreciate this: 811123
Jacky @jacky3344.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Even parts of @theguardian.com are getting the message: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI used to think AI would kill us all, until the techbro CEOs said AI will kill us all and now I’m not so sure | First Dog on the MoonIs AI going rogue the worst that could happen? Maybe not … 010
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