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Frankenstein dream of creating life revived by AI debate

Original: The Frankenstein dream of recapitulating the act of de novo creation of life, breathing the Promethean spark into inanim

Commenters are drawing on the Frankenstein myth to describe the ambition behind artificial intelligence: the age-old dream of breathing a Promethean spark into inanimate matter and recapitulating the creation of life. The post reflects a wider debate about whether modern AI research amounts to a Promethean act, with opinions split between fascination with the goal and caution about scientists' hubris in attempting it.

Why now: Ongoing public debate about AI ambitions is prompting comparisons to the Frankenstein myth of creating life.

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• The Frankenstein dream of recapitulating the act of de novo creation of life, breathing the Promethean spark into inanimate matter, is one that I can definitely understand. Certain members of the Pnictogen Wing (I am emphatically not one of them) have a keen interest in such… · mxchara@cyberpunk.lol · 1

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