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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life after AI

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life after AI

A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.

2026

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2d ago

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Gadget-friendly chinos; Gambiologia; Monkey selfie copyright; Prison towns v prison reform.

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2d ago

Deranged billionaires and their syndromes

The Mad Kings do love a syllogism.

A gigantic king, crowned and naked, sits on a lavishly curtained stage in a 19th century ballroom, before many ranked men and women dressed as gentry.

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4d ago

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PoGo v binding arbitration; Trump beat some absolute losers; Public interest internet; “Close to the Machine.”

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5d ago

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MSFT v MP3; UK industry v schoolkids; Gary Larson v comics sharing; Planned LED obsolescence; PoGo v Black neighborhoods; Gnarlier trolley…

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5d ago

Gerontocracy’s failure mode

Where are the designated survivors?

The Angel of Death, peering down from a break in a menacing sky full of clouds, looking upon the Capitol Dome, wreathed in spooky mist. To the Capitol’s left is a spooky graveyard.

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6d ago

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Remix Public Enemy; Hungary’s Cold War cartoons; America is unpaving its roads; Olympic overruns are world champions; Vivendi lobbyist is…

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Why aren’t AI companies competing directly with their customers?

Why sell picks and shovels if you’ve already struck gold?

Three gold rush miners standing around a mule wagon piled high with mining supplies. They are surmounted by a Gold Rush-era advertisement reading ‘GOLD MINING will be the leading business in the Northwest this year/EVERY MERCHANT can be prepared to supply his customers and keep his Profits and Money at home by inspecting/OUR LINE. It is complete. Send for our prices. Prompt shipments made.’ The three miners’ heads have been replaced with the heads of robots ganked from old pulp sf magazines. In

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Jul 12

Object permanence

Pro-logging Lorax; Anti-DRM picture book; Whose cops did America train? Day on a Device; Theresa May x Fresh Prince; Ratfucking Corbyn…

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Jul 11

Object permanence

“Alanya to Alanya”; ToS are the internet’s biggest lie; Soviet jokes; Fox rapists v gag orders; GBAO is the future; “Fun Family”; Sacklers…

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Jul 11

Workplace “flexibility” isn’t

What the gig economy calls flexibility is just risk-shifting.

A giant arachnoid woman arched backwards on the banks of a tropical river alongside which stand armed men. Behind loom palms, mountains and a smoking volcano. Rain sleets down over the scene.

Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

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Writer, blogger, activist. Blog: https://pluralistic.net; Mailing list: https://pluralistic.net/plura-list; Mastodon: @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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