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Cory Doctorow calls this "reverse centaurs". His metaphor is human brain driving an augmented "body" as a "centaur" which means an ai "brain" doing the thinking and the humans just being cheaper, expendable robots doing the physical work is a "reverse centaur". It's kind of a clunky term but it's in my brain now for this concept so I guess it's a usable shorthand.





Curious as to why "Minotaur" wasn't the mythological creature of choice – seems to me like it would fit the metaphorical bill.



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