By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026The technical excitement over AI's capabilities - from chess to gold-mining to treating pancreatic cancer - cannot be separated from the *political* excitement that billionaires (short on expertise, flush with cash) experience. 23913 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026They are motivated by the thought of swapping money for expertise and sidelining *the only people in the world who can thwart their goals*. 1437 0
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026The fact that a theory-free AI might demand far more cash to accomplish a task (even a "solved" one like playing chess) than an expert would charge is beside the point. Billionaires *have* money, they *don't* have expertise. 46014 0
