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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/09/2026He makes a good case for this, pointing to the long history of words and deeds on the part of various AI bosses that suggest that they are true believers who are genuinely high on their own supply. 1131
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/09/2026I don't doubt that there are sincere believers in the AI technofascist coalition, but that does *not* preclude the possibility that they share their boardrooms and executive rows with cynics. 1181
