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A collaboration framework pairing human judgment with AI execution, the centaur model argues that the combined unit consistently outperforms either working alone. Rooted in Kasparov's centaur chess experiments, it reframes the human-AI relationship as a division of cognitive labor rather than simple tool use. Practitioners focus on process design: determining where human oversight adds the most value and where AI throughput should lead.

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The Centaur Is Cheap: Why Human + AI Beats Either One Alone

Human-AI pairs beat either working alone, but the decisive factor is process, not raw capability. Drawing on Kasparov's centaur chess model, this post explains how comparative advantage between human judgment and AI execution creates results neither could achieve solo.