Downstream: The Big AI Lie w/ Cory Doctorow
Summary
Corey Doctorow discusses his new book, The Reverse Centaur, arguing that mainstream AI discourse engages in "crit hype" by repeating exaggerated claims that benefit tech CEOs. He explains how AI companies operate like a massive bubble, spending billions on capital expenditures while suffering from poor unit economics and opaque accounting. Doctorow critiques the "ins shitification" of platforms and warns that AI’s lack of a true world model makes it fundamentally different from previous technological revolutions, urging critics to attack the material roots of the industry rather than its id…
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