The sorcerer, old necromancer
At last has gone, he’s out of haunt!
His sprites will give me loyal answer
Proudly I’ll my powers flaunt.
(1-4) Goethe, J. W. (1797). The sorcerer’s apprentice (L. Collins, Trans.)
Goethe wrote “Der Zauberlehrling” (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) in 1797, long before AI concepts emerged. The ballad, like this author’s prior article for Stankevicus on Autonomous AI Agents – The Kraken Wakes? explores themes of human hubris and the challenges of controlling powerful forces, providing an analogy for exploring humanity’s relationship with tools and forces that exceed our understanding or control.
Cowin, J. (2024, December 9). Autonomous AI’s spellbook and the absent necromancer. Stankevicius. https://stankevicius.co/artificial-intelligence/autonomous-ais-spellbook-and-the-absent-necromancer
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