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A comment on I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967).

Re:I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) by throwaway9274 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @04:54AM (#37854887)
Early depictions of AI doom are fascinating because the Christian origins of the myth are not yet well-concealed.

In the same way that Kurzweil portrays the Heaven of the singularity, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is an excellent Dante-esque exploration of the concept of Hell.

These unconscious cultural archetypes can be both illuminating and distorting, and I wonder how the relative literary diets of Gen Z, Millenials, Gen X, and the Boomers affect their thinking on AI risks.

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Re:I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) by Something1234 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @09:36AM (#37856920)
Honestly I would really like to see a breakdown of the literary diets of each generation, and recommendations. Would be fun to read and try to embrace each perspective.
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