Cory DoctorowMocks 'The Big AI Lie': 'You Accidentally Built God'
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-24
Author and tech critic Cory Doctorow weighs in on what he calls the Big AI Lie: the framing that 'you accidentally built God; what if it turns us into paper clips'—a pointed jab at doom-flavored AI narratives dominating industry discourse.
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