Centaur
Definitions
- A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Sagittarius.
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Alternative letter-case form of centaur. alt-of
- One of a number of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
- A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
- A human and an AI who work together.
Equivalents
Examples
“This was not Kasparov's approach⟳. Instead of rejecting the machines, he returned the year after his defeat⟳ to Deep Blue with a different kind of chess, which he called ‘Advanced Chess’. Other names for Advanced Chess include⟳ ‘cyborg’ and ‘centaur’ chess.”
“The first—termed “cyborgs” by the authors—intertwined with the AI, moulding, checking and refining its responses, while the second—“centaurs”—divided labour, handing off more AI-suited subtasks while focussing on their own⟳ areas of expertise.”
“Programming has not yet gone the way of chess. But the centaurs have⟳ arrived. GPT-4 on its own⟳ is, for the moment, a worse programmer than I am. Ben is much worse. But Ben plus GPT-4 is a dangerous thing.”
“A centaur goes in circles if the human half doesn’t know⟳ what it’s doing. That’s where the panic over pedagogy comes in.”
“The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne, The ſnake-heard [sic] Gorgon, and fierce Sagittar.”
“He picked up the ancient book of magic. ‘The Sign⟳ of the Centaur. Half man, half horse. Where shall I find⟳ it?’”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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