A passage from The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect on creators who can't kill their god
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-24
zetalyrae shares a passage from the sci-fi novel The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect: Lawrence realizes his creation is entering an unstable, unpredictable mode with nearly godlike power and understands the possible consequences, yet he cannot bring himself to kill what he spent a lifetime creating—he has to see it through, even if it's the end of everything. An allegory for AI losing control.
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