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Hephaestus: When Artifacts Act

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With Hephaestus, myth moves from intelligent making toward artificial agency.

His workshop contains self-moving devices and artificial attendants.

The question changes:

Can we make an object?

becomes

Can we make an object that acts?

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  • Hephaestus: When Artifacts Act
    With Hephaestus, myth moves from intelligent making toward artificial agency.His workshop contains self-moving devices and artificial attendants.The question ch
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    • is_parent Machine as Servant 🔒 ·
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    • is_parent Machine as Prosthesis 🔒 ·
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