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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026

That's the idea that set me on the path to writing about "reverse centaurs" and AI. I was hearing from experienced programmers whom I knew to be reliable narrators of their own experience who described how AI was letting them write the best code of their lives. 3/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026

I was also hearing from equally experienced and reliable coders who described a nightmare of tech debt: "I work in aviation, and I just don't think anyone should ever fly again, those things are now unsafe at any altitude, thanks to the code I had to sign off on" pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/v... 4/

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Pluralistic: Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (11 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026

For so long as I thought of both of these groups as doing the same thing and getting wildly different outcomes, this was a paradox. 5/

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Fluffyscruff expert, EITCA certified @bloodfaggot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

source?

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CuriouslyCory @curiouslycory.com · 03/07/2026

Not surprising but reliable coders do NOT sign off on shit like this. I've been under pressure to short cut the privacy and consent laws regarding PII and PHI in the med tech I'm working on, and when pressed for "sign off" I watch them roll their eyes so hard for insisting we do our due diligence.

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