The existence of a golem is sometimes a mixed blessing. Golems are not intelligent, and if commanded to perform a task, they will perform the instructions literally. In many depictions, golems are inherently perfectly obedient. In its earliest known modern form, the Golem of Chełm became enormous and uncooperative. In one version of this story, the rabbi had to resort to trickery to deactivate it, whereupon it crumbled upon its creator and crushed him.
It's kind of mind-blowing how analogous that is to modern day concerns about how cold and calculating AI can potentially become. A concept conceived in a time where the very idea of what a computer even is being completely alien. Extremely ahead of its time.
also ew. Wikipedia... I suppose in small bites it has its uses....
It was? I'll be honest, I never really read too much into it. I thought it was a power fantasy. At least, that's how the parodies portray it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem#Theme_of_hubris
It's kind of mind-blowing how analogous that is to modern day concerns about how cold and calculating AI can potentially become. A concept conceived in a time where the very idea of what a computer even is being completely alien. Extremely ahead of its time.
also ew. Wikipedia... I suppose in small bites it has its uses....
That's what archive links are for. https://archive.li/unwxl