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AI Shoggoth Metaphor

The use of the shoggoth metaphor to describe modern AI systems, highlighting their opacity, unpredictability, and potential dangers.

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Jan 27, 2026
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Is AI comparable to a shoggoth?

Describing modern AI as a “” is a powerful metaphor that captures both the technical opacity of large models and the cultural anxiety they provoke, but it is a descriptive analogy rather than a litera...