Pandora’s box is a much better analogy for AI risk, nuclear energy / weapons, fossil fuels, and bioengineering than it was for anything in the ancient world. Nobody believes in Greek mythology these days but if anyone still did they’d surely use it as a reason that you should believe their religion.
Pandora’s box is a much better analogy for AI risk, nuclear energy / weapons, fossil fuels, and bioengineering than it was for anything in the ancient world. Nobody believes in Greek mythology these days but if anyone still did they’d surely use it as a reason that you should believe their religion.
Egyptians felling all their trees and turning their environment into a desert feels quite similar to fossil fuels.