Brooke Gladstone

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1,676 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2d ago

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On the Media · F@#$ the AI Overlords · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

A reverse centaur is when a human serves the machine. voice-verified

What are the implications of that? voice-verified

The actual machines are treated far better than their human counterparts. voice-verified

So bosses want to get the job done without paying people to do it. voice-verified

How's that playing out so far? voice-verified

You're just helping them sell. voice-verified

I was remembering Sam Altman going before Congress saying, we can destroy the world. voice-verified

Help us. voice-verified

Recently, Ford Motor Company rehired about 300 human engineers after it found that AI just couldn't do the job of quality control as well as the humans could. voice-verified

But when AI fails to live up to its hype, it doesn't seem to suffer much blowback, does it? voice-verified

Well, right now, the story seems to be that AI is going to make a lot more reverse centaurs and save businesses immense amounts of money. voice-verified

That would mean firing most of your workers and leaving what's left, as you say, to check AI's homework and also to bear the blame when things go wrong. voice-verified

NPC is a... Non-player character. voice-verified

You liken the hype over AI's business potential to the phenomenon of subliminal advertising back in the 50s. voice-verified

Then advertisers claimed they could essentially trick people to buy stuff by hiding barely discernible messages on TV and radio. voice-verified

You say it didn't work. voice-verified

So if the hype over subliminal messages was baloney, the ploy still worked because investors were conned into believing in advertising's irresistible power. voice-verified

Which brings us, I think, to the prime directive of your AI manifesto. voice-verified

Always remember who this hype is really for. voice-verified

But the message is that I'm losing my job. voice-verified

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