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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026

Mistaking 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.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026

I 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/

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Pete @ouch-that-hurts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When I was looking at what the horror mess on my cycle ride today, it's noticeable that the AI summary in the Map app glows with praise, so important to remember all AIs aren't all just LLM probabilistic maths, some of not all are corrupted versions, so worse bsky.app/profile/ouch...

Pete@ouch-that-hurts.bsky.social

Was out cycling up the New River path and went by the new 5 billion Google data centre right next to Waltham Cross, splattered in the middle of the countryside, right next to the town. You can see it in the satellite view. Absolutely horrendous

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Lovah Spaghets! @spaghets.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The fact that you're admitting that humans have the exact same failing as the ai - hallucinations - as an argument against the AI is very interesting.

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