Cory Doctorow
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525 appearances
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1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Jul
Cory Doctorow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Maybe because they were owed 50 bucks for luggage or 100 bucks for being stuck on the tarmac or whatever.
They just give up.
Like, I wouldn't give up.
I'm a bloody-minded weirdo.
I would give up.
Again, like, how many angry customers can you service per dollar goes up when you use AI to do this?
You can make that number really high if you don't care whether those people are happy.
And why would you care if those people were happy if you're the flagship carrier and a significant number of routes, you're the only one flying it?
No, this is where we have to tease the things apart.
We have to say, yeah, the AI can do my job because my boss wants to screw you with worse outputs.
The AI can do my job as a radiologist because my boss doesn't care if you die of cancer.
AI can do my job as a customer service rep because my boss doesn't care if you spend an extra $700 on a bereavement fair that you never get back.
There is no glory in making the things that we rely on more expensive.
All of the things being equal, I'd like everything that I rely on to cost less and be better, and for my neighbors to also have a good life.
I think those are compatible.
When workers drive automation, they tend to make things better, and sometimes that means you don't need to replace them as often.
You know, there are lots of ways that you can have a better life.
But the AI pitch is we will make things better and we're going to do it at the expense of your neighbor's jobs and maybe your job.
And if you understand that they're not going to make things better, they're going to make things worse, then you don't become the accidental lobbyist for increased AI spending.
Yeah, I'm pretty baffled that there's people who say it's not a bubble.
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