{"id":234795,"date":"2026-06-22T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence-science-and-nature-books\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:35:24","slug":"the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence-science-and-nature-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence-science-and-nature-books\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reverse Centaur\u2019s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review \u2013 the real price of artificial intelligence | Science and nature books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2026\/jun\/22\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence\">The Reverse Centaur\u2019s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review \u2013 the real price of artificial intelligence | Science and nature books<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2026\/jun\/22\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2026\/jun\/22\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 02:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sure, here is a polite and respectful summary of the article using an unordered list with key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Public Discontent with AI<\/strong>: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt&#8217;s failed attempt to promote AI during a commencement address highlights the growing public skepticism towards AI, notably among students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Backlash Against AI Misuse<\/strong>: Recent incidents show a backlash by professionals against the use of unreliable AI tools, further fueling public distrust.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Negative Perceptions of AI<\/strong>: Major concerns include AI&#8217;s potential to destroy jobs, distort facts, invade privacy, harm the environment, and damage human relationships, according to a majority of US voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silicon Valley\u2019s Motives<\/strong>: There is suspicion that the rapid deployment of AI is driven more by the desires of tech elites to secure their wealth rather than by genuine innovation for public benefit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Docile vs Centaur Models<\/strong>: Cory Doctorow contrasts the &#8216;centaur&#8217; model, where humans and AI work together for mutual benefit, with the&#8217;reverse centaur,&#8217; where AI diminishes human roles, often in a cost-cutting strategy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic and Ethical Concerns<\/strong>: Doctorow criticizes the AI industry&#8217;s business model, linking it to broader issues of capitalist exploitation and a focus on growth and investor satisfaction at the expense of ethical considerations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investor-Centric Hype<\/strong>: The article suggests that AI is marketed heavily to investors rather than to consumers, using them as unwitting promoters for the promise of replacing human labor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bubbles and Backlash<\/strong>: With significant investment and hype driving an AI bubble, concerns are mounting about its sustainability, highlighted by public disdain and project failures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This summary captures some critical perspectives on the current state and future of AI as discussed in the article.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reverse Centaur\u2019s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review \u2013 the real&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c950225c1217464767e369fc79a152c2704e4cb4\/982_662_5740_4591\/master\/5740.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=2b14c3e39bc8ad0662eb6fbdf60ac07b","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-234795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234797,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234795\/revisions\/234797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}