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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026

The second group are "reverse centaurs": people recruited to serve as peripherals for machines, who direct their actions and workflow: pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p... 41/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026

Note that this isn't the same thing as saying "A skilled worker who adopts a tool willingly is always right and will produce a better output as a result." Nor is it saying, "The tool is so flawed that workers who claim it works for them must be deluded." 42/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026

That's another coin trick! The reality - again - is that this is *two* things: *some* workers whose AI-assisted work is measurably worse are wrong about AI making their work better (centaurs, but wrong). 43/

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