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References: Centaur Workforce — Half Human, Half Machine

  1. Centaur (chess) - Wikipedia - History of human-computer chess teams that outperform both humans and computers alone, the origin of the "centaur" collaboration metaphor this chapter extends.

  2. Human–computer interaction - Wikipedia - Overview of the field studying how humans and computers work together, providing the academic foundation for the chapter's collaboration framework.

  3. Centaur - Wikipedia - Classical mythology of the half-human, half-horse creatures, including their portrayal as both wise mentors and unruly beasts — a duality the chapter exploits.

  4. Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI - Paul R. Daugherty and H. James Wilson - Harvard Business Review Press - Accenture researchers' framework for human-AI collaboration models, the corporate-optimist perspective this chapter both uses and gently mocks.

  5. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI - Ethan Mollick - Portfolio/Penguin - Wharton professor's practical guide to human-AI partnerships, offering real collaboration strategies behind the chapter's satirical framing.

  6. Augmented Intelligence - Gartner - Industry definition distinguishing AI augmentation from AI replacement, the corporate rebranding effort this chapter treats with dry amusement.

  7. Centaur AI: Combining Human and Machine Intelligence - Harvard Business Review - Analysis of augmentation versus replacement paradigms in AI deployment, supporting the chapter's exploration of where the human half adds value.

  8. Human-AI Collaboration Research - Stanford HAI - Ongoing research into effective human-AI teaming, providing empirical grounding for the chapter's taxonomy of collaboration models.

  9. The Centaur's Dilemma - MIT Sloan Management Review - Research on how organizations balance human judgment with AI capability, the management challenge at the heart of the chapter's metaphor.

  10. Kasparov on Human-Computer Teams - Chess.com - Garry Kasparov's firsthand account of discovering that human-AI teams beat pure AI, the founding moment for the centaur model this chapter chronicles.