Review: Cory Doctorow's "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" examines the real costs of artificial intelligence
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Dorian Lynskey
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A review of Cory Doctorow's book "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," which examines the real economic and social costs of artificial intelligence. The review highlights how AI boosters like Eric Schmidt are facing backlash from students entering an AI-ravaged job market, and discusses the growing popular resistance to AI as writers, publishers, and academics face reputational damage from using unreliable chatbots. The book is described as a vivid, entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution filled with righteous ire.
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bskyReview: Cory Doctorow's "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" examines the real costs of artificial intelligencetheguardian.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledAs former Google CEO Eric Schmidt could tell you, AI is a hard sell these days.
He tried talking up the 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.
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-
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