Post #3624876
2026-07-06 08:46 UTC
@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz
And there are equally old warnings, which is ironic, since there aren't any djinn or demons or fairies to make dangerous slippery-worded pacts with, so we built some ourselves. This is fine.
I assume the malicious deceptive beings in our ancestral environment that these cautionary tales were really warning about were ... us.
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@marshray@infosec.exchange 2026-07-06 09:01
@petealexharris@mastodon.scot @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz I do find it really interesting that this idea of a uniquely capable yet maliciously compliant non-human entity is one of our ancient and universal cross cultural archetypes.