Jean Raoux, Pygmalion amoureux de sa statue (1717)
Jean Raoux, Pygmalion amoureux de sa statue (1717)

In Our Image

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We first imagined machines as versions of ourselves.

Then we built machines that extended parts of ourselves.

Eventually we built machines capable of modifying themselves through experience.

The artificial being is ancient.

The learning machine is the historical novelty.

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Discussion

Which archetype best describes your smartphone?Which describes a large language model?Which describes an autonomous vehicle?Which describes social media?Which describes the mach...
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Textual Anchors

Primary traditions worth returning to: Homer, Iliad XVIII; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica; Ovid, Metamorphoses X; the received Liezi; Jewish Golem traditions.
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