A discussion and reading of an essay on the mythological implications of Artificial Intelligence as the new monster of the digital age.

Quick correction: the Balrogs went to war alongside Morgoth in the past, not Sauron. They were never his ally or under his control, which upholds the point I was making.

The essay I read, The Digital Horizon

The Wired article on the philosophical origins of Peter Thiels thought.

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