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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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This is stupid. The tools are helpful. Overhyped? Sure. But to pretend they are in no way helpful is just wrong.
I'm not necessarily suggesting Doctorow is correct with this assertion, but on a macro scale what productivity gains will generate AI provide?
Yes there's a few skills it's good at coding, medical research, and image recognition being a few.
The genuine question is: has this improved everyone's quality of life?
Not yet because people are still learning how to use it, but im literally ten times more organized than i was before i started using AI to automate notetaking planning calendaring all that.
I'm happy for you but isn't really an answer.
"Not yet" isn't an answer??
It's a response but when provided as an answer to the question "is AI a net benefit to society" then it's a "no".
Ok so it's still an answer lmao