Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cory-doctorow, aggregated by home.social.
Pluralistic: Adversarial interoperability is a team sport (21 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Adversarial interoperability is a team sport: Vibe-coded jailbreaks are fun, but don't solve the problem․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Labour Whip's pro-Iraq war threats; LoC…”
Pluralistic: The death of history's most successful publisher (20 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links The death of history's most successful publisher: Google has a scorching case of 'main character syndrome․' Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Civil War x 4,400 ceramic cats; Okays…”
A while back we published a podcast with @pluralistic. Epistemicast is now up for some 2 years and we are super proud with all the interesting guests we have had. Stay tuned for more and check out the podcast with Cory Doctorow.
https://epistemicast.org/cory-doctorow-on-aaron-swartz-and-much-more/
Pluralistic: The technopolitics of ad-tech (19 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links The technopolitics of ad-tech: Spying is good for tech, context is good for publishers․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: PNH x Mike Ford; Singapore v Far East Economic Review; Pu…”
[PRIMEIRO VÍDEO NO AR 🥳]
Esperança e o fim da satisfação em fazer o que a gente gosta
Veja completo na sua rede preferida:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dei3r5BqVOZ/
https://www.tiktok.com/@readme.rafa/video/7697146464597773576
#inteligenciaartificial #ia #corydoctorow #pluribus #reflexao
Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware" (17 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for 'mercenary spyware': And they used Google, Facebook and every other major ad platform to do it․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence:…”
Pluralistic: Load-bearing (16 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Load-bearing: Digital sovereignty vs AI․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Anthrax penmanship; Stolen WEBGEEK license plate; Arizona Republic endorses Clinton, gets death threats;…”
Pluralistic: Expedia amazoned hotel rooms (15 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Expedia amazoned hotel rooms: Everything more expensive for everyone, monopolies everywhere, and we're all screwed․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Delta v dovening; 'Play Money…”
You can't solve this by shopping. Calling the hotel direct won't fix it: they have to be on Expedia to survive, and to be on Expedia, they have to sign up for VIP service, and to keep VIP service, they have to make their prices higher everywhere. To fix this, we need systemic action: the corporate death penalty for the companies that are consuming the structural members of our society.
« The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life after AI », de Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow a publié The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life after AI, un ouvrage qui critique l’intelligence artificielle… mais pas forcément de la façon dont vous pensez.
Pluralistic: Bundestrojaner (13 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Bundestrojaner: You can't make people more secure by making them less secure․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: 9/11 sitcom; Jon Norman v Philcon; Bruce Sterling's post-9/11 geopo…”
Pluralistic: How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist (12 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist: If you care about labor justice and artists' rights, stop focusing on copyright․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: China unblock…”
The Human Commodification Project
https://blog.ben.ie/posts/the-human-commodification-project/
I have a spicy take!
#OpenAI #Anthropic #Frankenstein #ElonMusk #Oligarchy #TedChiang #AISafety #ElonMusk #SatyaNadella #SundarPichai #DarioAmodei #SamAltman #QuantumPhysics #CoryDoctorow.MaryShelley
Pluralistic: Thwarted (09 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Thwarted: Behold the awesome destructive power of a fully operational billionaire․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Anthrax v National Inquirer; Grey goo v Second Life; Predictiv…”
## Proposed CDC Datacentre in Wagga Wagga
Help us defeat this insane proposal by signing the **Petition** (see link below).
Quite aside from the environmental impact of mega-datacentre on potable #water supplies and the #pollution released into the atmosphere by the insane amount of #FossilFuels that will be burned to generate the #energy required to run these mega-computing farms, there are *no jobs* there for the community beyond putting up the building and installing the gear and required infrastructure (a year’s worth of jobs at most and likely not many locals ones).
The **driest Continent on Earth** does not need a *water guzzling* white elephant, especially in a *warming climate* drying up the country. Our energy generation capacity is constrained by investments in #Renewables and nothing is currently in place (legislation) to mandate renewable energy use for any datacentres built in Australia (some States donn’t care at all about the pollution or water usage)
**But there’s more**. the investments which goes into these datacentres mainly comes from the non-bank sector feeeding a *financial bubble* that a growing number of #Economists are warning us is expected to cause a market crash in the near future, bankrupting the AI tech companies using these datacentres and sending datacentre operations broke.
And *still more* the computers installed will need replacing in 4-5 years after installation due to changes in chip technology and architecture as well as the ancillerary equipment to support the new chips - it a rip out and start anew exercise. WIth new tech comes higher energy consumption and more cooling (water) required. Once these centres go up, its a never ending upgrade race until it burns down (or the financial bubble bursts).
I don’t need to convince most people on this platform that building #GenAI #ComputingFarms is not a good idea right now. But I do need to ask you all to sign the petition so that we can call a halt to this madness while we get our development laws and federal legislation up to date to deal with them.
**Please sign the petition and circulate it widely**
Thank you
#datacenters #Datacentres #WaggaWagga #CDCDatacentre #Water #Energy #FinancialBubble #LLM #GenAISlop #CoryDoctorow
'[...] the more immediate threat is our dependence on a handful of companies that control essential software and connected devices.'
Content versus conversation. Cory Doctorow said, "Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about." I agree!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/03/content-versus-conversation
#meetings #EventDesign #content #versus #conversation #CoryDoctorow #eventprofs
Pluralistic: Disloyalty (07 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Disloyalty: Air Canada's frequent flier fuckery․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Indie booksellers v internet; Coke pays dieticians to astroturf soda taxes; Voting in a voter-su…”
Brilliant Norwegian humour ... a short sketch explaining Cory Doctorow's Enshitification concept by the Norwegian Consumer Council
https://substack.com/@luizajarovsky/note/c-342933197?r=6dk26
Pluralistic: Swapping money for expertise (06 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Swapping money for expertise: Money can't buy me love․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: 'Tempo'; Yahoo censors MEP's torture debate video; Scotland's money-laundry; A textbook sc…”
Pluralistic: Scrutinized (05 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Scrutinized: Pervert glasses vs the authentic self․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: DRM-free in the UK; Maple-leaf roses; Italian Wikipedia shuts down; Vancouver's property spec…”
Thank you #corydoctorow @pluralistic I've just finished your book on #enshittification and I loved it. It's a must-read which I recommend to everybody.
Unfortunately, I find enshittification everywhere on a daily basis. However, I'm not as hopeful about it as you are.
Pluralistic: Economic probabilities for our grandchildren (03 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Economic probabilities for our grandchildren: If only data centers would stop hogging all the copper․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: RIAA v P2P; Infoseek's anti-terror brain-sc…”
Pluralistic: Voting is to politics as shopping is to boycotts (01 Oct 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Voting is to politics as shopping is to boycotts: The big P only matters if the small p is in play․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Gilberto Gil v WIPO; Censored Apple wifi hack…”
FYI: Cory Doctorow puts AI revenue at $50bn against $1tn of spending: US investors have 35% of stock value riding on seven AI firms, the EFF activist said on September 11. What would a burst cost the ad platforms paying for it? https://ppc.land/cory-doctorow-puts-ai-revenue-at-50bn-against-1tn-of-spending/ #AI #CoryDoctorow #Investing #Advertising #TechNews
Pluralistic: Lindsay Owens's "Gouged" (29 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Lindsay Owens's 'Gouged': The end of a fair price and what that means for your wallet․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Doonesbury on 9/11; Suspicious Looking Device; Elephant-sh…”
@MelissaBearTrix
And.. #CoryDoctorow at @pluralistic don’t forget :))
Pluralistic: Priceful (28 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Priceful: So worthless we can tell you what it's worth․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Nasdaq allows post-9/11 penny stocks; USAF can shoot down civilian aircraft; TSA bans cal…”
COMING UP: @pluralistic will be at the @thegreenparty Conference Fringe this year.
Join us for this special event exploring 'Digital Sovereignty and the Post-American Internet: What the Greens can do to escape Big Tech'.
🗓️ Sat 3 October
🕠️ 5.45-6.45pm
📍 Brighton, UK
Find out more ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/digital-sovereignty-and-the-post-american-internet/
#corydoctorow #digitalsovereignty #bigtech #enshittification #event
ICYMI: Cory Doctorow puts AI revenue at $50bn against $1tn of spending: US investors have 35% of stock value riding on seven AI firms, the EFF activist said on September 11. What would a burst cost the ad platforms paying for it? https://ppc.land/cory-doctorow-puts-ai-revenue-at-50bn-against-1tn-of-spending/ #AI #TechNews #Investment #CoryDoctorow #Advertising
Cory Doctorow puts AI revenue at $50bn against $1tn of spending: US investors have 35% of stock value riding on seven AI firms, the EFF activist said on September 11. What would a burst cost the ad platforms paying for it? https://ppc.land/cory-doctorow-puts-ai-revenue-at-50bn-against-1tn-of-spending/ #AI #CoryDoctorow #TechNews #Investing #AdPlatforms
The height of Doctorowan enshittification:
Search online for a word, with AI disabled. In the search-engine results a "dictionary" website appears. Click through and scroll past lots of distraction and advertising until the page finally offers this: "There is no known definition in the English language."
#enshittification #search #SearchEngine #DuckDuckGo #CoryDoctorow
Pluralistic: Itch scratching (25 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Itch scratching: Love, care and self-actualization․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: 9/11 x Viridians; Announcing Wikipedia; Infinite Copyright Mickey; Floppy shoulder bag; Wells…”
Sweet mother of Skynet
On dirait que Cory Doctorow aka @pluralistic a rencontré ma cheffe (et sûrement lea tien·ne aussi)
En tout cas le portait de l'imbécile qui rêve de remplacer tout le monde par des ia parce-qu'elle ne supporte pas qu'on lui dise non, c'est hallucinant de justesse. Le capitalisme produit partout les mêmes superstructures.
#ia #ai
#nightmareOnLLMstreet
#CoryDoctorow
#Managerialisme
#Capitalisme
Pluralistic: The Claude Delusion (21 Sep 2026): https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/sunsetting/#oh-mr-sun-sun-mr-golden-sun-please-shine-down-on-me
'To look upon an AI-generated text or image is to look upon a thing that was extruded, not chosen. You can slip and prompt an AI-generated image of a sunset, and it will embody no intentionality on anyone's part.
This isn't something we have any experience with. When we see a painting, we reflexively interpret it as having a painter. When we read a book, we reflexively impute auctorial intent to its words. When we converse, we reflexively form a theory about the mind directing the other half of the conversation.
But we can't do this with AI. Anyone who understands how the theory-free statistical inference systems we call "AI" (at this time) work will understand that they are systems that cannot form intent, that have nothing to form intent with'
@pluralistic #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #CoryDoctorow #Claude #language
Pluralistic: Bonta sold us out to Trump's oligarchs (22 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Bonta sold us out to Trump's oligarchs: A 'settlement' that promises less than nothing․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Warren on taxing the rich and class warfare; Psychology v…”
Just heard #CoryDoctorow read his article on "Technopolitics" and it is brilliant!
https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-technopolitics/
#AI as a tool vs #AI misused to deprive authors/artists of their livelihood. #NeoLuddite stuff.
Also brings in seminal article by Langdon Winner from 1980--"Do Artifacts Have Politics?"
https://shiftingground.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-Winner.pdf
Fascinating stuff!
The Claude Delusion: Cory Doctorow's latest conspiracy theory marathon where he bravely tackles the age-old question: "What if we're all just hallucinating?" 🤯 Spoiler: No groundbreaking insights, but plenty of self-congratulatory links to prove he's the only sane one. 🙄 #GroundbreakingRevelations!
https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/sunsetting/ #ClaudeDelusion #CoryDoctorow #ConspiracyTheory #Hallucination #Debate #SelfCongratulatory #HackerNews #ngated
Pluralistic: The Claude Delusion (21 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links The Claude Delusion: What if we're the ones having hallucinations? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: 9/11 v sex; 9/11 v flags; US customs v diplomatic Vegemite; CIA torture surviv…”
Cory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie | Downstream with Michael Walker - YouTube
📰 Título original: Cory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie | Downstream with Michael Walker - YouTube
🤖 IA: No es clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: No es clickbait ✅
Cory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie | Downstream with Michael Walker - YouTube
Cory Doctorow: AI’s big beasts aren’t really scared of their products. They’re scared of their competition
https://www.thenerve.news/p/cory-doctorow-ai-superintelligence-openai-anthropic-google-meta?utm_source=www.thenerve.news&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-trouble-with-steven-pinker-weekend-edition&_bhlid=908300191252e2da6f90f63419219331f1249af1
#CoryDoctorow
Pluralistic: Textured (18 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Textured: The surprises are what matter․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: RIP Mr Dressup; Oligarch sucker-punch; ICC v CEOs․ Upcoming appearances: Berkeley, Edmonton, Boston, Sou…”
Pluralistic: On the sincerity of AI bosses (17 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links On the sincerity of AI bosses: Fascism is always an incoherent bundle․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: 9/11 v spam; PalmOS x WTC collapse; Wifi x WTC rubble; Berlusconi sex ring…”
Pluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses: If you can't impose switching costs, just eliminate the competition․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Flash Worms; This Film is Not Yet R…”
Pluralistic: Everybody pees (15 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links Everybody pees: Even Jeff Bezos․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: Zune won't play Microsoft files; Papercraft 1:1 Mustang; Third gender for Aussie passports; France hacked Canada…”
https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/15/bitter-lemon-energy-drink/
I wrote a little about how the AI firms are trying to foam the runways (which won't work)
https://blog.ben.ie/posts/foaming-the-runways/
#AI #BigTech #USBigTech #Anthropic #Google #OpenAI #DarioAmodei #AlveroBoyeda #CoryDoctorow #AdamConover #GarbageDay #DataCentres #Slop
@n_dimension
While a lot of good examples can be put on the table to show the capacity of #AI to be a useful **Tool** when using well *curated* corpus with humans in the decision loops, the same **cannot** be done for #LLM-based #GenAISlop served up as *proto-artificial intelligence* because **nothing** can support the use of vast amounts of resources (Funds, Water, Power, Infrastructure, and human functions) to prop up these particular *chat bots* that are nothing more than **Text Regurgitating Machines**
Support the former, but if you support the #FinancialBubble enabling latter, you need to get informed and reconsider.
I suggest you read #CoryDoctorow @pluralistic for a start and get detoxed.
Pluralistic: But do you use keyboard shortcuts? (14 Sep 2026)
👨💻 From Cory #Doctorow at @pluralistic:
“Today's links But do you use keyboard shortcuts?: AI people are WEIRD․ Hey look at this: Delights to delectate․ Object permanence: 'Changeling'; Sony Rootkit vs CD drives; Google's scumbag lobbyists; NJ's e-voting cover…”
Once you reassure yourself that your subordinates produce the things you need by prompting a model, you reassure yourself that you could do their jobs. At that point, you're not relying on their skill – you're doing them the favor of paying them to do a job that you're too busy and important to do, but which you could do. With AI, you can tell yourself that you're in the driver's seat, even if someone else has their hands on the wheel.
#CoryDoctorow on the Big #AI Lie | Downstream with Michael Walker #NovaraMedia #yt
Escape the #lock-in and #rent-seeking that the internet has become ?
Is that possible for the median user ?
There are attempts to enable a less shitty internet and Cory Doctorow had a chat with Big Ideas about "#enshitification
...
Its well worth the listen ... right thorough he gets onto dropping MS* and other _real_ solutions.
The only upside to the flu :)
I for one, thank the Australian people for the ABC and Canada for producing Cory.
#CoryDoctorow is a saint and a prophet. What a wise guy!
Here is a quote from Enshittification:
"Twenty years ago, if you found yourself eating your meals under the unblinking eye of a CCTV camera, it was because you were an inmate at a supermax prison. Today, all it signifies is that you were unwise enough to buy a “smart” home camera from Apple, Google, or (God help you) Facebook."
Ostatnio było głośno (przynajmniej w mojej bańce informacyjnej) o polskim wydaniu książki Cory'ego Doctorowa - *Gównowacenie* (*Enshittification*).
Dodatkowo @wariat donosił o niezłej promocji na ebooka, która wciąż obowiązuje na Woblinku. A w niedzielę, 6 września, @panoptykon patronował spotkaniu autora z czytelnikami w Warszawie, które poprowadziła @Sylwia_Czubkowska . Mam nadzieję, że ktoś z naszej Fediversowej społeczności był na tym spotkaniu.
Natomiast tym, którzy tak jak ja nie dotarli na to spotkanie, polecam inną rozmowę z Doctorowem, przeprowadzoną przez portal DemocracyNow.org. Co prawda wywiad ma już prawie rok, ale myślę, że nie stracił wiele na aktualności.
🎙️ Część 1: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/cory_doctorow
🎙️ Część 2: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/cory_doctorow_part_2
W wywiadzie poruszane są takie kwestie jak technofeudalizm, zamykanie twórców i ich czytelników w ekosystemach Big Techów (*Bóg Techów*), a w drugiej części jest ciekawy fragment o Uberze. Chociaż dla stałych słuchaczy TechStorii wiele wątków nie będzie niczym nowym. 😉
#Gównowacenie #CoryDoctorow #BigTech #Technofeudalizm #SocialMedia #TechStorie
