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Cory Doctorow: AI embodies a fantasy of digital slavery

Cory Doctorow argues that artificial intelligence represents a fantasy of a world devoid of human labor, where chatbots replace skilled workers. These AI systems would offer uncritical validation of ideas and then execute tasks without complaint, effectively creating a new class of digital slaves. This perspective frames AI not as a tool for progress, but as an enabler of a dystopian capitalist future. AI

IMPACT Critiques AI as a tool for reinforcing exploitative capitalist structures and eliminating human labor.

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Cory Doctorow: AI embodies a fantasy of digital slavery

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    "AI, then, isn’t just the fantasy of a world without people — it’s the fantasy of a world without people…except for slaves. It’s the fantasy of a world where th

    "AI, then, isn’t just the fantasy of a world without people — it’s the fantasy of a world without people…except for slaves. It’s the fantasy of a world where the skilled workers who tell you your ideas are stupid are replaced with pliable chatbots who tell you they’re brilliant, …