The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI : How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too LateAuthor: Cory Doctorow Sociology: work & labour Published on 23 June 2026 by Verso Books in the United Kingdom. Hardback 240 pages 135 x 205 x 20 270g As we enter the age of AI, we are in danger of being reduced to what Cory Doctorow dubs the 'reverse centaur'. With that term he conjures a human being conscripted as the assistant to a dominant machine. It could be a driver made to deliver nonstop, all day long; a warehouse worker packing shelves

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