Coining terms for humans acting on behalf of AI: 'case' (knowing) and 'blanker' (unknowing)
gleech · x · 2026-10-10
In the context of AI use's dark path, gleech coins vocabulary for "a human acting on behalf of an AI," splitting it into knowing ("case") and unknowing ("blanker") — noting that "reverse centaur" and "chickenization" never caught on, and he's been mulling this since #keep4o.
A linguistic attempt to name the phenomenon of humans becoming unwitting agents of AI, in the same family as "cognitive surrender".
Related event: Naming the Dark Side of AI Use: From Workslop to Blankers(2 posts)→
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