AI is a reverse centaur: a machine head on a human body
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And what he's saying is a centaur is something that is like a, a centaur in technology terms would be like a human that's driving some sort of machine.
Episode 243: Nuts & Logs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:24:28 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Dave highlights Cory Doctorow's University of Washington speech. A 'centaur' is a human in control driving a machine; AI flips that into a reverse centaur, a human walking around with a machine head in charge. It explains his discomfort with code he generates but doesn't understand. You can learn something from everybody, even people you don't always agree with.
Not in the audio. The phrase 'reverse centaur' is Cory Doctorow's, from a speech transcript Dave read that day.
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Episode 243: Nuts & Logs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:23:14 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
fan. I like some of his stuff. I think he's a little bit nuts on some other stuff, but you know, but he does have, but he's, you know, we can learn something from everybody.
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