Pretty sure Cory’s pronouns are he/him.
Sorry, force of habit.
I agree with the whole anti-surveillance/anti-corporate-control argument. I think it’s a worthy fight to participate in. I just don’t think it’s wise to go about it in a way that could prove counterproductive by causing people to have inaccurate beliefs.
Edit: After finishing the article, my opinion has softened a bit but is much the same: Doctorow points out an important perspective (this is one of few articles pointing out the security/responsibility side of things, for example), but some of the technical info is unsupported/inaccurate. Overall probably a positive article when taking into account its role in general AI discussion, but it is not entirely accurate on its own.