The term of art for this is becoming a "Reverse Centaur:"
replyA “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?
replyPoverty
replySucker?
replyYou don't remember this classic?
replyWe're acclimating ourselves to the inevitable service to our future AI overlords
replyI agree that the deal the site proposes is essentially being a slave to an AI agent.
replyOther than the getting paid part. Let’s not trivialize slavery by making it equivalent to gig work.
replyThat's definitely not trivializing. Algorithmic slavery should be a thing and discussed, it's real slavery.
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