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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 72 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 18 points 3 days 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 3 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 58 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Who’s in heat, the horse or the man?

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Are you the mightiest horserer of the lands

[–] erictile@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Whoever is chasing.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 3 days ago

🤔 😱

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

[–] Mountainaire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 25 points 3 days 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 3 days ago

not with that attitude

[–] onion_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days 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

[–] morto@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

But with a horse brain?

[–] ssladam@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Practically, better described as endurance, although technically correct.

[–] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 2 points 3 days ago

Thank you kindly friend