Why the AI Community is Re-reading Demons
deanwball · x · 2026-07-16
The quote points out that the AI frontier community is seriously reading the 150-year-old Russian novel Demons not by chance, but to ponder: what exactly are we building, and how do we trust ourselves and others?
James Poulos believes this reflects his thesis in Human Forever: technological advancement is eroding trust maintained solely by secular or humanistic means. Demons appears in serious discussions because it reveals how disorder, manipulation, and moral collapse fester within human groups over long periods.
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