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Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (permalink)
My latest Locus column is "Reverse Centaurs," and it sets out to unravel a paradox: how is it that some AI's users describe their experience as a hellish ordeal, while others delight in the ways that AI is changing their lives for the better?
https://locusmag.com/2025/09/commentary-cory-doctorow-reverse-centaurs/
The answer is contained in the concept of "centaurs" and "reverse centaurs," found in automation theory:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/27/rancid-vibe-coding/#class-war
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