Si Spurrier and Mike Dowling's Minotaur: A Comic Exploring AI Through a Planetary Lens
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Rich Johnston
Summary
The article discusses Si Spurrier and Mike Dowling's new comic project "Minotaur" from Ignition Press, positioning it as a "Planetary for the A.I. Age." It draws parallels between the comic's themes about artificial intelligence and real-world developments, such as Anthropic's leaked information about AI capabilities. The piece explores how the comic's high-concept pitch about AI and mythology is increasingly relevant as reality catches up with fiction.
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· 3 pulledSi Spurrier and Mike Dowling's Minotaur from Ignition Press as a Planetary for the A.I. Age...
reality has been doing its best to catch up with its high-concept pitch
it was only in April that, following leaked information, the A.I. company Anthropic revealed it ha
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