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
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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026Theory-free inference is a bid to substitute one for the other: the beauty and terror of being able to manipulate the world without studying or understanding it is that it can be done with money alone. No experts needed. 14211
zero vibes @0vibes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Samuelson and others warned us about the F-twist decades ago. I can’t let go of the idea that the acceptance of theory-free inference as a default mode of knowing was already being set up back then 000
The Parable Of The Broken Overton Window @broken-overton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Theory-free AI" made me think of this. From hackersdictionary.com/html/Some-AI... 010
