I think golems are a different branch of the âersatz humanâ tree from robots. Theyâre often lumped together, and in many ways thereâs a conceptual continuum there, especially in terms of the idea of a man-made, human-shaped that follows orders. But Talos is an automaton, existing in the context of Greek engineering of devices that do work and simulate animals, etc., making it very much like the ârobotâ in the modern sense, and the golem is⌠something else. Iâd say itâs more on the clone/homunculus side of things, as itâs made from what humans are made of (dirt) albeit by humans, from clay, rather than as a divine transformation of the material, and also like humans, animated by Godâs word. So itâs not a mechanical being, itâs a not-quite-human, not-quite-living being that while crudely constructed by humans, operates according to the same principles as humans do. Itâs an attempt to use the rules of nature (as they were then understood) to create a living thing (like various homunculus/clone narratives).
And in response to this, OpenAI is now sending chat conversations to the police. So instead of ChatGPT trying to get you to end your life, theyâll âswatâ you and have the cops do itâŚ
Itâs no âLovinâ Touchinâ Squeezinââ.
So, precursors to Frankensteinâs monster then.
A bouncing blob of infection pus? WTF�!
I really havenât loved the AI at drivethru. Iâve experienced an AI saying hello, immediately trying to upsell me on whatever the new promo is, and when i say no it switches the conversation over to a worker at the drivethru who then takes my order. I have also experienced once an AI taking care of the entire transaction.
Either scenario i donât love but having my order taken by AI was not something i enjoyed despite the order being made correctly. I can see situations where i might need to customize my order and not be understood on what i am ordering.
Coming soon, James Cameronâs Birddemic!
Attack of the 1990´s screensavers!
Yeah, very much so. The golem having words/commands has, in modern times, drawn parallels with robots, but it has much more in common with Frankenstein, which came out of those narratives.
(And even if Wollstonecraft Shelley wasnât directly inspired by the golem story to write Frankenstein, it was definitely indirectly influenced by Christian Hermetic traditions that were informed by the golem story and earlier, related Jewish beliefs.)
What would James Cameron know about super expensive VFX? /s
For context, Kupperman notes that Netflix brings in just $39 billion in annual revenue from its 300 million subscribers. If AI companies charged Netflix prices for their software, theyâd need to field over 3.69 billion paying customers to make a standard profit on data center spending alone â almost half the people on the planet.
Thatâs a great comparison to bring up when discussing this with AI boosters, assuming that the numbers are accurate.
Ask for a big fucking picture of Paddington with the latest celebrity whoâs died. Ask for an opinion because you donât have any of your own. Ask nicely for every ounce of creativity and imagination that the human race has honed and developed over millennia since the first sentient being drew a circle on a rock with the burnt end of a stick to be stamped on and spat on and tenderised like a cheap burger then gobbled up and shat out. Ask for a shortcut. Ask to not use your brain. Ask to piss on everyone who is trying to scrape by with their artistic talent and consign to the rubbish heap their only way to make a living. Ask for every question you ask to throw a little more coal on the raging fire that is the burning planet. I chose not to ask. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when youâve got art?