The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late
by Cory Doctorow · 22 Jun 2026 · 175pp · 51,295 words
this still raises the question: Does AI really make coders more efficient? That certainly doesn’t seem to be the case for junior coders, whose “vibe coding” efforts might produce quick-and-dirty tools for one-off usage—for example, a script to reformat a single text file, once—but who lack
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on a sure thing. There will be everyday people who’ll think that they can rely upon their AI romantic partners, email writing tools, and vibe-coding assistants. After the bubble pops, though, most of that will disappear, forever, and a few hustlers who got out early will make out like bandits