Andy Rasmussen

A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything

The Temptation of the Good Satan tempts Christ with the power to do good. John Milton’s Paradise Regained holds lessons for those trying to reject tyrants and reform nations.

Wrote a thing @plough.bsky.social on Milton, politics, and the temptation to be a hero.

www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

Strong cosign.

This is Bk 1 of the Republic, right? With justice even among thieves.

I look forward to reading your future publications and adding them to my course readings!

Ie. Every attempt to escape the flesh is still rooted in silicon.

I'll note that a lot of scifi and cyberpunk writers refer to AI as demonic (both a play on Daemon programs and the other meaning), but your idea of applying Aquinas here is a really helpful way to articulate that limitation.

Thank you for this thread, this was very helpful.

I taught a class on Cyberpunk and the Body, pairing things like Donna Haraway with JPII, and our ending conclusion is that cyberpunk is so dystopian because of its total commitment to materiality.