@kyleford I'm pretty sure this is what @pluralistic was talking about when he used the term Reverse Centaur. Now I'm picturing a world where people accomplish random inscrutable tasks in the real world dictated by AI slop bots and they have no way of knowing what they just did. Isn't this part of the plot of the Severance TV show? Please, don't create the Torment Nexus
#ReverseCentaur #enshittification #enshittocene #TormentNexus

@kyleford I'm pretty sure this is what @pluralistic was talking about when he used the term Reverse Centaur. Now I'm picturing a world where people accomplish random inscrutable tasks in the real world dictated by AI slop bots and they have no way of knowing what they just did. Isn't this part of the plot of the Severance TV show? Please, don't create the Torment Nexus
#ReverseCentaur #enshittification #enshittocene #TormentNexus

This is an essential read from @pluralistic – well worth your time to understand the points he’s making fully as he’s spot on and the excellent analogies will make it easier for you to discuss the topic with others.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

#AI #capitalism #neoliberalism #tech #reverseCentaur

This is an essential read from @pluralistic – well worth your time to understand the points he’s making fully as he’s spot on and the excellent analogies will make it easier for you to discuss the topic with others.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

#AI #capitalism #neoliberalism #tech #reverseCentaur

Razor-sharp analysis from Cory @doctorow.
Writes about The #ReverseCentaur, which Apuleius called The Golden Ass.
Yes, yes ... I know that's what some folks call the President. But, that's a different issue.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

Razor-sharp analysis from Cory @doctorow.
Writes about The #ReverseCentaur, which Apuleius called The Golden Ass.
Yes, yes ... I know that's what some folks call the President. But, that's a different issue.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

The UK health service #NHS is using an #AI tool made by Anima. It hallucinated a set of false diagnoses for a patient, and backed it up with a fake hospital and fake address! The poor dude thought he had diabetes and angina 😱

https://fortune.com/2025/07/20/uk-health-service-ai-tool-false-diagnoses-patient-screening-nhs-anima-health-annie/

https://www.animahealth.com/

#bigtech #reversecentaur

The UK health service #NHS is using an #AI tool made by Anima. It hallucinated a set of false diagnoses for a patient, and backed it up with a fake hospital and fake address! The poor dude thought he had diabetes and angina 😱

https://fortune.com/2025/07/20/uk-health-service-ai-tool-false-diagnoses-patient-screening-nhs-anima-health-annie/

https://www.animahealth.com/

#bigtech #reversecentaur

#TIL about the term #ReverseCentaur in @pluralistic piece: "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing #AI"

https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/

Basically a very dark pattern where the human is not using the AI tool as a helper, but is kept in the loop to take the blame for the failures.

#TIL about the term #ReverseCentaur in @pluralistic piece: "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing #AI"

https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/

Basically a very dark pattern where the human is not using the AI tool as a helper, but is kept in the loop to take the blame for the failures.