What Greek myths can teach us about the dangers of AI

Image credit: Boboshow via Pixabay. Article by Ioanna Lykiardopoulou. The Next Web – January 30, 2023.

We might think that the conception of robots, AI, and automated machines is a modern phenomenon, but, in fact, the idea had already appeared in Western literature nearly 3,000 years ago. Long before Isaac Asimov conceived the Laws of Robotics (1942) and John McCarthy coined the term “Artificial Intelligence” (1995), Ancient Greeks myths were full of stories about intelligent humanoids. The fact that these mythical humanoids meet the criteria of modern definitions on robotics and AI is impressive in itself. But […]

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