Cory Doctorow

Interoperability lowers switching costs. Interoperability allows us, the users of technology, to set the terms on which we use that technology. It allows us to use the parts of products and services that benefit us, and block the parts that don’t. Th... more Verified source (2023)

AI is very enshittification-prone: as 'black boxes' that do not produce reliable, deterministic outputs, AI products have a lot of intrinsic cover for their enshittifying behavior. Unverified source (2026)

I, too, worry about technologies controlled by corporations that have grown so powerful that they defy regulation. I worry about how those technologies are used against us, and about how the corporations that make them are fusing with authoritarian s... more Unverified source (2026)

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. Unverified source (2026)

AI's 'human in the loop' is a moral crumple zone, an accountability sink, but not a supervisor. Unverified source (2024)