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How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots. Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] lime@feddit.nu 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

centaur = brain of a man, speed of a horse.
reverse centaur = brain of a horse, speed of a man.

substitute horse with ai.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

Good practical examples are the car driver vs the Amazon driver. When you drive a car, you go where you want, but at the superhuman speed of a car. The Amazon driver has a computer telling them where to go, how to drive there, and even cameras to watch if you drive according to Amazon's rules. The driver has become the extension of the computer, instead of the other way around. That's a reverse centaur.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Over a long enough distance, men can outrun a horse. Especially in heat.

[–] onion_dude@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Ooooh! I've got a thing for this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon

My friend runs it each year. His pictures are nuts

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 55 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Who’s in heat, the horse or the man?

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't like where this is going, but I approve it.

[–] erictile@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wherever it's going, we can measure it in Hands.

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I put on my harness and horse-ears hat...

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Are you the mightiest horserer of the lands

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whoever is chasing.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 1 day ago

🤔 😱

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you ever tried running with a boner? You wear out quickly.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] Mountainaire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is that black ball that falls on the right side?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 1 points 23 hours ago

That's weird, I have no idea. I didn't see it on my phone screen, but yeah I see it now on my laptop.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the bigger question is why the man is running after a horse in heat. That is not how you make a centaur.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 16 points 1 day ago

not with that attitude

[–] morto@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

But with a horse brain?

[–] ssladam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Practically, better described as endurance, although technically correct.

[–] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you kindly friend