Perhaps this is why the dynamics of AI are so different from the early dynamics of the web. Early web users were *workers*, who demanded that their bosses allow them to use the web and so devolve more power to people doing their jobs. By contrast, today's most ardent AI boosters are *bosses*, who threaten workers who don't use AI enough in the course of their duties:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/26/the-ai-will-continue/#until-morale-improves
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Cory Doctorow
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