By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026Chatbots are marvels of mathematics, and that is enough. They don't need to be people. 1323
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026Mistaking them for people (or even just *treating* them like people) makes it impossible for us to separate the useful things they can do from the waste, ugliness and *wrongness* they are so prone to exhausting into the world. 2473
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026I think it's impossible to build a chatbot using the techniques we're presently calling "AI" that doesn't "hallucinate." However, it's both possible *and* necessary for *us* to stop hallucinating *about AI*. eof/ 28611
Tim™️ @dadsof3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Here’s a real sunset I took a photo of. Not Ai generated and not worthy of any god’s veneration. 000
