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

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: When AI prophecy fails; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/worker-frightening-machines/

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Pluralistic: When AI prophecy fails (29 Oct 2025)

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A black and white image of an armed overseer supervising several chain-gang prisoners in stripes doing forced labor. The overseer's head has been replaced with the glaring red eye of HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The prisoners' heads have been replaced with hackers' hoodies.
A black and white image of an armed overseer supervising several chain-gang prisoners in stripes doing forced labor. The overseer's head has been replaced with the glaring red eye of HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The prisoners' heads have been replaced with hackers' hoodies.
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Kenobit
@kenobit@livellosegreto.it replied  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

@pluralistic Fantastic thread, thank you. If anyone is interested, I translated it in Italian: https://settimana.kenobit.it/archive/caa47929-d7d4-4485-aa4b-3e1be07d7cb8

[La Settimana Sovversiva] L'IA sta uccidendo i lavori, ma perché? Come non farci prendere in giro dai tech bro

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

I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

Catch me next in #Miami, #Burbank and #Lisbon!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025)

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

When AI prophecy fails: Hating workers is a hell of a drug.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115457825436614316

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

Hey look at this

* Eugene Debs and All Of Us https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/eugene-debs-and-all-of-us

* US Business Cycles 1954-2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRC3RrngcI

* Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pr-ed-zitron-profile/

* Worried About AI Monopoly? Embrace Copyright’s Limits https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/worried-about-ai-monopoly--embrace-copyright-s-limits

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Eugene Debs and All Of Us

In Terre Haute with the keepers of the flame.
WIRED

Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI

He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#10yrsago Librarian of Congress puts impossible conditions on your right to jailbreak your 3D printer https://michaelweinberg.org/post/132021560865/unlocking-3d-printers-ruling-is-a-mess

#10yrsago The two brilliant, prescient 20th century science fiction novels you should read this election season https://memex.craphound.com/2015/10/28/the-two-brilliant-prescient-20th-century-science-fiction-novels-you-should-read-this-election-season/

#10yrsago Hundreds of city police license plate cams are insecure and can be watched by anyone https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/license-plate-readers-exposed-how-public-safety-agencies-responded-massive

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

License Plate Readers Exposed! How Public Safety Agencies Responded to Major Vulnerabilities in Vehicle Surveillance Tech

Law enforcement agencies around the country have been all too eager to adopt mass surveillance technologies, but sometimes they have put little effort into ensuring the systems are secure and the sensitive data they collect on everyday people is protected. Case in point: automated license plate...
Michael Weinberg

Unlocking 3D Printers Ruling is a Mess

I put things here so they are on the internet
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#10yrsago Appeals court holds the FBI is allowed to kidnap and torture Americans outside US borders https://www.techdirt.com/2015/10/28/court-your-fourth-fifth-amendment-rights-no-longer-exist-if-you-leave-country/

#10yrsago South Carolina sheriff fires the school-cop who beat up a black girl at her desk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/28/south-carolina-parents-speak-out-school-board

#10yrsago The more unequal your society is, the more your laws will favor the rich https://web.archive.org/web/20151028133814/http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/10/the-more-unequal-the-country-the-more-the-rich-rule.html

#5yrsago Trump abandons supporters to freeze https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/28/trumpcicles/#omaha

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Pluralistic: 28 Oct 2020

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

#5yrsago RIAA's war on youtube-dl https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/28/trumpcicles/#yt-dl

#1yrago The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/28/mcbroken/#my-milkshake-brings-all-the-lawyers-to-the-yard

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#5yrsago RIAA's war on youtube-dl https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/28/trumpcicles/#yt-dl

#1yrago The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/28/mcbroken/#my-milkshake-brings-all-the-lawyers-to-the-yard

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