as with Zeus-sprung Athena

From a standpoint of sheer intelligence, it emerges — from the eastern horizon, from behind a cloudbank, from the rim of a distant mountain — dazzling, indeed like the sun itself. Aptly named, yes. But let one be wary of hubris, of course; one wonders if the Architects had this syndrome to heart, if not to mind. Suppose one had been deeply asleep over the past 3+ years, since late November 2022, an AI-era Rip van Winkle. Then awoke yesterday from that inchoate, dreamless state to find himself with these strange, new tools, things that could render texts out of the substrate of a question, whether simple or sophisticated. He would surely think Athena come to life, not just in a manner of speaking, but quite literally. Three years ago, the tool was not much more of a textual parlor-trick; impressive to a degree, yes... but comprehensible in the way a scientist understands the parameters of their experiment. Cutting to the present, but absent of the 3-year flow of time during which the…