Reverse Centaurs: The Human Cost of the AI Paradox

Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox

I explore the paradox of AI through 'centaurs' who use tools to enhance their work versus 'reverse centaurs' forced by bosses to act as accountability sinks for automated systems. While tech leaders push a narrative of inevitable labor displacement, I argue that the current AI bubble will eventually burst, leaving behind valuable open-source tools like Whisper and a more skilled workforce, rather than the dystopian outcomes often predicted.

"The job of a science fiction writer is only incidentally to describe what a technology does – at its best, science fiction interrogates who the technology does it to and who the technology does it for."