Cory Doctorow on AI: "The Bubble Doesn't Want Cheap Useful Things"

AI Cory Doctorow The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI

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Author Cory Doctorow discusses his new book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI, critiquing the AI industry's hype, economic bubble, and the creation of 'reverse centaurs' where humans serve machines, rather than the other way around.

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Cory Doctorow's previous work, Enshittification, laid groundwork for his current critique of the AI industry.

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Last year, we featured a lengthy interview with tech journalist/science fiction author Cory Doctorow about his book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It. The prolific Doctorow is back with a provocative new book that serves as a follow-up of sorts, focusing on AI and related issues: The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI. [...]

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Perspective IA — des possibilités, pas des certitudes

The AI investment bubble will burst within the next 2-3 years.
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What specific regulations could mitigate the AI bubble's impact?

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This article was originally published by Ars Technica.

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