Cory Doctorow Announces AI Book 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to AI' Amid Frustration with AI Discourse
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Summary
Cory Doctorow discusses his growing frustration with AI discourse and reveals he's writing a book titled 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to AI' (to be published in 2026) about why he's tired of talking about AI. He recently delivered his first-ever AI speech as the Nordlander Memorial Lecture at Cornell, where he serves as an AD White Professor-at-Large. The article appears to be part of Doctorow's daily links series where he shares his thoughts and upcoming projects.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledLike you, I'm sick to the back teeth of talking about AI.
Unlike you‡, I spent the summer writing a book about why I'm sick of writing about AI⹋, which Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish in 2026.
This was my first-ever speech about AI and I wasn't
‡probably
⹋"The Reverse Centaur's Guide to AI"
Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/#subprime-intelligence
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45489951
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