Summit 18
Just So Stories
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<p>We have built a world where our machines couple with us, driving us to their specific ends. When machines are using that asymmetry to their advantage.</p> <p>In this world, design choices made yesterday can change the shape of the world tomorrow.</p> <p>Fortunately, we are weak. That’s our strength. We know our weaknesses! Our weaknesses are embedded in our myths. Lust, gluttony, greed… and yet still pride!</p> <p>How do you get the genie back into the bottle?</p> <p>When we recognise our weakness, less inspiring but part of us, when we exorcise the demon… we can acknowledge the temptations of power without going power mad. We can eat and be satisfied, we can be content with our own, we can even turn the other cheek. We can admit that these are all the hardest things to do.</p> <p>We can admit our flaws. Maybe we can lean into that, because that admission provides protection. Where we trumpet our strength, we create things we cannot control. We create talismans to protect us from our demons.</p> <p>Ponder our weaknesses, embrace imperfection, be human.</p>