The AI is the golem of our generation
When the golem of Prague went out of control, they erased one letter from its forehead, and 'truth' became 'dead'. With us, the process is reversed: we engraved 'truth' on its forehead, without checking which…
Assessment
The piece draws a direct parallel between the Golem of Prague and modern AI, warning that we have inscribed 'truth' on this new creation without examining what truth it actually absorbed from us. The reversal is the key point: the Golem's danger came from removing a letter, while AI's danger comes from the unchecked addition of our own flawed data. What remains unasked is who decides which truths are being taught and whether we can still edit the inscription.