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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/113613900625014935">Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 07:29:06 JST</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" title="pluralistic@mamot.fr"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/1478-48-20250110225240.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Cory Doctorow" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Cory Doctorow</a><div><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113613898290166466" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>AI's productivity theater</p><p>"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.</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/25/accountability-sinks/#work-harder-not-smarter" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/25/accountability-sinks/#work-harder-not-smarter</a></p><p>64/</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4143449#notice-8098210">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-12-08T07:29:06+09:00" title="Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 07:29:06 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113613900625014935" rel="external" title="Sent from mamot.fr via ActivityPub">mamot.fr</a></span></span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113613900625014935">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3652656">
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Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 07:29:06 JST Cory Doctorow
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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.
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