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  • A popular metaphor for AI-human hybrids. What ever happened to "cyborg" which means about the same thing?
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10 Feb 2026 - 10 Feb 2026
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    • See Centaur and perhaps should merge these terms, they mean about the same thing.
    • A part-human, part-mechanical agent.
    • Beloved of Donna Haraway litcrit types. Somehow to a real AI hacker like myself, it seemed like a rather dumb concept. (Which probably means I didn't get it). Humans themselves are part mechanical (if not 100% so).
    • I suppose to be a real cyborg the mechanical part have to have their own agency. A prosthetic heart or limb won't cut it. Maybe centaur is the better name then.