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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2026
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Timing. Saying common sense stuff before others gives you an edge and being the first to say it with any eloquence, in a way people want to listen and are accepting of what's being said. A lot of what Cory Doctorow says can be hard to hear or hard to deliver without sounding condescending like NDT. His talent is in the delivery.
He also has a ton of experience in this space, he's worked for the Electronic Frontier Foundation for almost 25 years. On top of that, he's whip-smart and enjoyable to read or listen to
Yeah bro...
No one else has pointed out AI will fail before 1/18/26...
Only the great Cory Doctrow could identify something that no other human has ever even contemplated.
I heard next, he's going to release a blog post that Nazis might not be nice people
Again, did you even read the oped