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Cory Doctorow

As ever, the problem with a gadget isn't what it does: it's who it does it *for* and who it does it *to*. There are plenty of benefits from being a centaur - lots of ways that automation can help workers. But the only path to AI profitability lies in *reverse* centaurs, automation that turns the human in the loop into the crumple-zone for a robot:

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Cory Doctorow replied to Cory

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel *The Bezzle*! Catch me in Boston with Randall "XKCD" Munroe (Apr 11), then Providence (Apr 12) and beyond!

pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/nar

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Thirteenth Worrier replied to Cory

@pluralistic
"turns the human in the loop into the crumple-zone for a robot"

Adding this to my list of perfect turns of phrase that also fucking suck.

Martin Owens :inkscape: replied to Cory

@pluralistic

"Sorry to bother you" reverse-centaur

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