Post #4159631
2026-07-28 09:16 UTC
People keep using the "can't put a genie back in the bottle" metaphor for "AI", even though in the stories they always get back in and current "AI" is more of a "we're spending trillions of dollars and the energy output of a continent trying to keep this bastard out of the bottle" situation
Replies (5)
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@baldur@toot.cafe 2026-07-28 09:26
“Poor genie keeps trying to crawl back into the bottle. Everybody hates him.”
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@dngrs@chaos.social 2026-07-28 09:18
@baldur@toot.cafe can't put leaded gasoline or CFCs back in the bottle either
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@SteveClough@metalhead.club 2026-07-28 09:33
@baldur@toot.cafe I don't want the genie back in the bottle. I want the genie tried for crimes against humanity and executed as a warning for any other genies coming out of bottles.
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@woe2you@beige.party 2026-07-28 09:46
@baldur@toot.cafe I've always thought it was more like the monkey's paw.
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@skjeggtroll@mastodon.online 2026-07-28 10:32
@baldur@toot.cafe Besides, some of the relevant folktales shows that it can be surprisingly easy to put a genie back in the bottle if you just have your wits about you.