Cannot fathom how being slaves for AI agents translates to usefulness.

The term of art for this is becoming a "Reverse Centaur:"

A “centaur” is a human being who is assisted by a machine (a human head on a strong and tireless body). A reverse centaur is a machine that uses a human being as its assistant (a frail and vulnerable person being puppeteered by an uncaring, relentless machine).

https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2025-09-11...

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bell-cot 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What's the term if your car is an old clunker, and you're forever having to tinker to keep it running you around town?

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mrguyorama an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Poverty

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mycall 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sucker?

	▲	bell-cot 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You don't remember this classic? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30878489

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sheikhnbake 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We're acclimating ourselves to the inevitable service to our future AI overlords

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co_king_3 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I agree that the deal the site proposes is essentially being a slave to an AI agent.

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ungreased0675 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Other than the getting paid part. Let’s not trivialize slavery by making it equivalent to gig work.

	▲	owebmaster 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's definitely not trivializing. Algorithmic slavery should be a thing and discussed, it's real slavery.