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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...

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?

> "Starring in a very funny template joke."

Alice joins a group ride. Poseur Patty greets her:

"Check out my new top-of-the-line bike! It costs more than my car!!"

Alice nods:

"Yeah, I have a similar car."

Poverty

Sucker?

You don't remember this classic?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30878489

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

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

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

That's definitely not trivializing. Algorithmic slavery should be a thing and discussed, it's real slavery.