By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/09/2026In the interview, Newport dismisses the theory that the warnings about imminent AI apocalypse are self-serving criti-hype. 1131
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/09/2026He's skeptical that this is meant to serve as both marketing pitch and regulatory capture gambit, through which the hyperscalers get the government to step in to interrupt the beggar-thy-neighbor doom-loop: pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/b...pluralistic.netPluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1141
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/09/2026Rather, Newport says that these people *sincerely believe* that they are about to immanentize the eschaton and are pants-wettingly terrified about the AI god they will conjure forth any day now. 1173
