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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Code is a liability (not an asset). Tech bosses don't understand this. They think AI is great because it produces 10,000 times more code but that means it's producing 10,000 more liabilities. AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our high-tech society:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/#subprime-intelligence

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/#graceful-failure-modes

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A shredder, shredding a giant US$100 bill. Benjamin Franklin's head has been replaced with a cliched 'hacker in a hoodie' illustration. The machine's faceplate bears the Claude Code wordmark. The background is the hostile red eye of HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
A shredder, shredding a giant US$100 bill. Benjamin Franklin's head has been replaced with a cliched 'hacker in a hoodie' illustration. The machine's faceplate bears the Claude Code wordmark. The background is the hostile red eye of HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
oldguycrusty
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@oldguycrusty@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@pluralistic

#Asbestos

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towhomitmayconcern
towhomitmayconcern
@towhomitmayconcern@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The following quote reminds me of this quote from @pluralistic: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."

from https://jonready.com/blog/posts/everyone-in-seattle-hates-ai.html

"Bring up #AI in a Seattle coffee shop now and people react like you're advocating #asbestos."

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@towhomitmayconcern@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The following quote reminds me of this quote from @pluralistic: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."

from https://jonready.com/blog/posts/everyone-in-seattle-hates-ai.html

"Bring up #AI in a Seattle coffee shop now and people react like you're advocating #asbestos."

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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to court filings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/23/tech/meta-buried-social-media-harm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #meta #facebook #instagram #socialmedia #mentalhealth #us

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@skua@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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Thinking of Big Tobacco and the James Hardie CSR asbestos company.

And, of course, the widespread involvement of IT giants in the Gaza genocide.

#HidingScience #ComplicitScientists #GazaGenocide #WarCrimes #Tobacco #Asbestos

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@abc_bot@social.chinwag.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Coloured sand for sale on eBay removed days after asbestos recall https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/coloured-sand-product-for-sale-on-ebay-after-asbestos-recall/106029476 #Children'sHealth #OnlineShopping #Asbestos

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@abc_bot@social.chinwag.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Coloured sand for sale on eBay removed days after asbestos recall https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/coloured-sand-product-for-sale-on-ebay-after-asbestos-recall/106029476 #Children'sHealth #OnlineShopping #Asbestos

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