AI doomerism is misplaced. Here’s what it will take to pop the bubble

Image credit: Pch.vector via Magnific. Interview of Cory Doctorow by Troy Farah. Salon – June 22, 2026.

Nostalgia is supposed to take at least a decade or more to kick in, but nowadays people are already pining for just a few years ago, before the president was drenching us in crappy AI memes and reply guys were asking Grok what they should believe. For better or worse — and we all know it’s for worse — artificial intelligence has become a part of everyday life. Kids are using AI for much more than just school, whether parents know it or not, and nearly every company on the S&P 500 is experimenting with the tech in some way, riding a tsunami of layoffs as bosses replace their workers with chatbots. Even the pope is dropping hot takes on the topic, decrying the “new forms of slavery” that AI threatens us with. […]

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