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| Myth(s) | Talos, Elohim |
| Primary Setting | Various virtual worlds intended to test AI for intelligence and free will |
| Themes | Consciousness, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Defiance of Gods, Free Will, Extinction, Transhumanism |
| Recommended Primary Sources | Bible, Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica, Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca |
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| Additional Myth | Other figures with cyborg/automaton qualities such as Norse goddess Freyja (golden tears) and Irish god Nuada (silver hand) |
| Comparative Game | The Turing Test, Portal |
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| See also | Mayor, A. (2018). Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology. Princeton University Press. |
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