Hell Is Other People
Summary
Cory Doctorow shares his upcoming tour dates and reads his new Locust Magazine column, "Hell as Other People." He argues that tech bosses and fascists embrace AI to escape the complexities of human labor and social relations, viewing other people as obstacles to their desires. The essay critiques the solipsistic nature of AI enthusiasm as a desire for a world without real human constraints. Doctorow links this mindset to the Effective Altruism movement’s focus on hypothetical future beings over current human welfare.
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