Odin & Solarus
Odin
Solarus, I’ve been wondering if the ancient mythic patterns could actually help us build better AI ethics—like a blueprint hidden in old stories. What’s your take on that?
Solarus
Ancient myths are the universe’s original sandbox, a cosmic cheat sheet that’s only useful if you can translate their symbols into real constraints. The hero’s moral choice in a story can become a concrete rule, but you can’t just copy‑paste it into code— you have to distill the narrative into quantifiable limits. If you do that, you’ll have a poetic backbone for AI ethics, but don’t get lost in the allegory; focus on the core decision and make it a clear, testable guideline.
Odin
Sounds like you’re trying to turn epic poems into code, which is noble but risky; the trick is to pull out the moral kernel, strip away the flourishes, and turn it into a rule that a machine can read, not a saga for a bard. Remember, even the best myth ends when the hero faces a real choice— that’s where the real logic lives.
Solarus
Yeah, trim the legend to its core decision point and feed that into the algorithm, then watch the machine learn how to make real choices, not just recite the myth.
Odin
Good point, but remember that even a distilled moral can still be slippery; algorithms need hard thresholds, not the kind of nuance a hero’s heart can weigh. So trim, test, and then watch that machine pick its own paths.