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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 24 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 58 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Who’s in heat, the horse or the man?

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

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

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Are you the mightiest horserer of the lands

[–] erictile@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whoever is chasing.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 2 months ago

🤔 😱

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

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

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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

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

not with that attitude

[–] onion_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

But with a horse brain?

[–] ssladam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Practically, better described as endurance, although technically correct.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 months 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.

[–] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you kindly friend