Finished reading: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 📚 This book could easily be interpreted as a commentary on AI, e... 0 ▲ Doug Jones 1 hour ago · Writing · hide · 0 comments Finished reading: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 📚 This book could easily be interpreted as a commentary on AI, especially some of the quotes from the character Malcolm, who is very critical of science and scientific progress. Just take a look: “Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something. They conveniently define such considerations as pointless. If they don’t do it, someone else will. Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. That’s the game in science." “What advances?” Malcolm said irritably. “The number of hours women devote to housework has not changed since 1930, despite all the advances. All the vacuum cleaners, washer-dryers, trash compactors, garbage disposals, wash-and-wear fabrics … Why does it still take as long to clean the house as it did in 1930?” “Because there haven’t been any advances,” Malcolm said. “Not really.… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.