{"id":23612,"date":"2026-06-22T06:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T06:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:37:14","slug":"the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reverse Centaur\u2019s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review \u2013 the real price of artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire<\/p>\n

As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt \u00a0could tell you, AI is a hard sell these days. Last month, he tried talking up\u00a0the AI revolution during a commencement address<\/a> at the University of Arizona and was loudly booed by students about to enter an AI-ravaged job market. His discombobulation was telling.<\/p>\n

Schmidt is not the only AI booster to crash out with students recently as the popular backlash grows. Every week brings a new story about some writer, publisher or academic who has torched their reputation by using an unreliable chatbot. Most US voters are opposed to the construction of vast, resource-guzzling new datacentres. A majority believe<\/a> AI will negatively impact not just jobs but creativity and human relationships. In some quarters, saying that AI has any benefits at all is akin to saying that biological warfare gets a bad rap. As a New York Times column put it<\/a>: \u201cAI populism is here. And no one is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nA vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire
\nAs former Google CEO Eric Schmidt \u00a0could tell you, AI is a hard sell these days. Last month, he tried talking up\u00a0the AI revolution during a commencement address at the University of Arizona and was loudly booed by students about to enter an AI-ravaged job market. His discombobulation was telling.
\nSchmidt is not the only AI booster to crash out with students recently as the popular backlash grows. Every week brings a new story about some writer, publisher or academic who has torched their reputation by using an unreliable chatbot. Most US voters are opposed to the construction of vast, resource-guzzling new datacentres. A majority believe AI will negatively impact not just jobs but creativity and human relationships. In some quarters, saying that AI has any benefits at all is akin to saying that biological warfare gets a bad rap. As a New York Times column put it: \u201cAI populism is here. And no one is ready.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt \u00a0could tell you, AI is a hard sell these days. Last month, he tried talking up\u00a0the AI revolution during a commencement address at the University of Arizona and was loudly booed by students …<\/p>\n

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