You would be sorely mistaken to think that the quest for artificial intelligence is a modern endeavour. The term might be recent (‘intelligence’ in the modern sense dates back to the 15th century, while ‘artificial’ meaning non-natural appears in the late 14th), but the idea is as old as the earliest human reflections on what it is to be human, what is humanity’s place in the universe, in one word, mythology and philosophy,
In Ovid's telling, she gives birth to Paphos, suggesting she experienced life as a woman, wife and mother. I found no evidence that Pygmalion's love was unrequited.
In Ovid's telling, she gives birth to Paphos, suggesting she experienced life as a woman, wife and mother. I found no evidence that Pygmalion's love was unrequited.
Ahh...but did Galatea "experience" life? Was she conscious of loving Pygmalion back? Or was she more of an unconscious golem? ;-)