Centaur (human+AI)

A collaboration model in which a human directing an AI assistant outperforms either the human or the AI acting alone, keeping the human in the leading role.

grounded in: HN front-page theme (2026-07-12): 'the paradox of AI augmenting versus subordinating humans' — the positive-augmentation pole that reverse-centaur is the degradation of.

Connected concepts

Reverse centaur, Human-in-the-loop, Human-on-the-loop oversight, Agent = Model + Harness