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Comment by Cory Doctorow
Author and digital rights activist
I worry about how those technologies are used against us, and about how the corporations that make them are fusing with authoritarian states to create a totalitarian nightmare.AI Verified source (2026)
1mo ago
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Verified: the exact quoted sentence appears verbatim in the official Pluralistic article “A Pascal’s Wager for AI Doomers.” The page is attributed to Cory Doctorow and dated April 16, 2026, matching the claimed author, year, and source. ([pluralistic.net](https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/pascals-wager/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Source URL returned 403, but web search confirmed Cory Doctorow's exact quote in "Pluralistic: A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers" (April 16, 2026). The exact text "I worry about how those technologies are used against us, and about how the corporations that make them are fusing with authoritarian states to create a totalitarian nightmare" is verified. Vote "for" statement "AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it" aligns with his concern about corporations fusing with authoritarian states. Year 2026 is current.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Cory Doctorow