Cory Doctorow on the Right – and Wrong – Way to Criticize AI
June 23, 2026United StatesScience and TechnologyWorkFacebook IconTwitter IconEmail IconPrint IconCory Doctorow on the Right — and Wrong — Way to Criticize AIInterview withCory DoctorowWorrying about whether AI can do your job is a blind alley, Cory Doctorow argues. Get a discounted subscription to our print magazine today.Israel’s Young Settler VanguardE. So far, the sector’s behavior almost seems tailor-made to provoke a negative response.
- ▪June 23, 2026United StatesScience and TechnologyWorkFacebook IconTwitter IconEmail IconPrint IconCory Doctorow on the Right — and Wrong — Way to Criticize AIInterview withCory DoctorowWorrying about whether AI can do your job is a blind all
- ▪Get a discounted subscription to our print magazine today.Israel’s Young Settler VanguardE.
- ▪So far, the sector’s behavior almost seems tailor-made to provoke a negative response.
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June 23, 2026United StatesScience and TechnologyWorkFacebook IconTwitter IconEmail IconPrint IconCory Doctorow on the Right — and Wrong — Way to Criticize AIInterview withCory DoctorowWorrying about whether AI can do your job is a blind alley, Cory Doctorow argues. The real danger is AI’s bubble: a speculative fantasy built on convincing bosses to replace workers with systems that can’t actually do what their salesmen promise.Cory Doctorow on the politics of AI: “As a science fiction writer, the one thing I know to be very true is that what a machine does is way less important than who the machine does it for and who the machine does it to.” (Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Images)Our summer issue is out now.
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