{"product_id":"the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-how-to-think-about-artificial-intelligence-before-its-too-late","title":"The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence — Before It's Too Late\u003c\/strong\u003e by Cory Doctorow — Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Instant New York Times Bestseller and National Indie Bestseller\u003c\/em\u003e — from the author of \u003cem\u003eEnshittification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of themselves. A reverse centaur is a person who is forced by technology to work at an inhuman pace — a driver made to deliver all day long, nonstop; a warehouse worker made to work without food or bathroom breaks; a programmer made to crank out impossible amounts of code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not another anti-AI screed. Cory Doctorow uses AI in his work every day. As a creative person, he has no moral or dogmatic issue with AI — he thinks the technology is useful, even exciting, and full of potential. And yet. AI has arrived surrounded by unprecedented hype driven by a tech industry desperate to maintain its unprecedented valuation based on its own promises of endless financial growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, Doctorow recounts both how we found ourselves in this dire situation and how we can get through it, to a life \"after\" AI in which the tools work for us, not the other way around. With the same sharp wit and fearless clarity he brought to \u003cem\u003eEnshittification\u003c\/em\u003e, Doctorow cuts through the noise to give readers a clear-eyed account of what AI actually is, what it isn't, and how ordinary people can think about it before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCory Doctorow is a New York Times-bestselling science fiction author, activist, and journalist. Born in Toronto, Canada, he lives in Los Angeles and London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cultfictionbook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43881999433787,"sku":null,"price":18.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/7020\/5755\/files\/Untitleddesign_49fa1925-8f6f-46c3-920f-f2957fa89a34.png?v=1785364745","url":"https:\/\/www.cultfictionbook.com\/products\/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-how-to-think-about-artificial-intelligence-before-its-too-late","provider":"cultfictionbook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}