Cory Doctorow on the 'Big AI Lie': Can't Build Sandboxes, Claims You Built God
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-24
This post quotes tech writer Cory Doctorow's critique of mainstream AI safety narratives — what he calls the "Big AI Lie." His core irony: AI companies can't even get basic security sandboxes right, yet simultaneously claim "you accidentally built God" and stoke paperclip-maximizer doomsday fears.
Doctorow argues these contradictory framings serve to distract from real, present security failures. A representative critical voice in the AI risk debate, worth following for industry discussion.
Related event: Doctorow Mocks the 'Big AI Lie': Bad at Safety, Claims to Have Built a God(3 posts)→
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