We mentioned a Shakespearean phrase embedded in a Poul Anderson text. See The Winter Of Our Discontent. We also look out for Biblical phrases:
"...what promise, which the Teramind did not want humans to know of, lest they become like it?" (p. 237)
"'God said that, because he knows that when you eat it you will be like God...'" (Gen. 3:5)
In fact, the Teramind is not concealing a source of divine power but practicing a major deception, so that another Biblical phrase becomes appropriate:
"...the father of lies." (Jn. 8:4)
Quick posts today. We are attending the Green Party Christmas Fair again. See A Prayer.
Addendum: This evening, unexpectedly, I drove around Morecambe Bay for a meal with two former work colleagues and had no further time for blogging. We were at the Dickensian Festival.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And that ties in with the skepticism I expressed for Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics! In this case we see AIs causing harm to humans by trying to deceive them.
Sean
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