SWFL.io - Local NewsAnchor: Corey Lazar
•6/23/2026
A new AI company is teaching people how to work with artificial intelligence instead of fearing it.
Scott Wolfson and Kes Sampanthar started Centaurian AI to help humans understand and use AI more effectively. The pair said many people have experienced fear, uncertainty and doubt about artificial intelligence since ChatGPT launched. They call it FUD.
"We've seen it since Chat GPT came out. In a lot of ways, we think it's because people don't understand how it works," Wolfson said.
The company's mission is to make people "unBOTable" by teaching them to use AI as a tool rather than a replacement for human thinking. Wolfson said some people are passing off AI-generated work as their own without adding human insight.
"We're calling some of the work that comes out that people pass off as their own as human slop," Wolfson said.
The key to becoming "unBOTable" is a three-step process: think, prompt, check. Wolfson said people should spend most of their time thinking and checking, with only a small amount of time prompting the AI.
"Think, prompt, check, and spend most of your time thinking and checking, and just a little bit of time prompting, because what you get out of AI is only as good as what you put into it," Wolfson said.
The concept requires using critical thinking before turning to AI for answers. This approach ensures the AI output is more valuable and personalized.
Centaurian AI teaches these skills through simulation games. Sampanthar created one game to help his son learn how to work as a restaurant host using Toast software, focusing on decision-making skills like managing server workloads and table assignments.
"I created a game for my son to become a host at a restaurant, and they have to use this software called Toast, but it's the decision-making of how do you make sure you don't overload a server, how do you make sure, like, which tables need to be cleaned and which areas you should actually expand into?" Sampanthar said.
Another game called Startup Valley challenges players to start a company over 12 weeks. The game requires players to think critically about many areas, but the three main areas are: product market fit, team morale and pitch quality.
"So, initially, this is your first of 12 weeks. If you survive," Wolfson said.
The games demonstrate that strategic thinking is a difficult skill to develop. However, Centaurian AI believes combining human critical thinking with AI tools can help people become "unBOTable" in an increasingly automated world.
Click here to play the Centaurian AI SIM games.