SMRTR AIJun 23, 2026Hacker News

How to Think About AI Before It's Too Late

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Cory Doctorow warns that AI's biggest danger isn't the technology itself — it's the power behind it. Bosses use AI to eliminate worker pushback, billionaires build systems that treat people as disposable, and politicians bypass bureaucracy entirely. Unchecked, Doctorow argues, this oligarchy ends in collapse, not stability.

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