The End of Sisyphus: AI won't free us, it forces us to choose which mountains exist
YogeshMalik · x · 2026-09-13
The author rereads the Sisyphus myth: Sisyphus was fortunate in the darkest sense because the stone told him with total certainty what his next hour owed to. Most people won't spend a freed hour deciding which peak deserves their life. AI may not free us from Sisyphus — it may force us to become the gods who decide which mountains exist.
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