Cory Doctorow on Nostr: AI's productivity theater "Technofeudalism" was a theme in my work even before Yanis ...
AI's productivity theater
"Technofeudalism" was a theme in my work even before Yanis Varoufakis's excellent book on the subject. Putting a HAL Eye on the reeve in this medieval tapestry depicting him lording it over his groveling serfs really caught the subject, especially after I faded in some Matrix code waterfall for the background.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/25/accountability-sinks/#work-harder-not-smarter
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"Technofeudalism" was a theme in my work even before Yanis Varoufakis's excellent book on the subject. Putting a HAL Eye on the reeve in this medieval tapestry depicting him lording it over his groveling serfs really caught the subject, especially after I faded in some Matrix code waterfall for the background.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/25/accountability-sinks/#work-harder-not-smarter
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