Tech lunatics have a long history of inverting the lessons of their favorite works of fiction.

See also: Peter Thiel naming his spying company Palantir (surely that makes Thiel a kind of Sauron?); Palmer Luckey naming his Thiel-backed military weapons company after Aragorn’s sword.
Reposted from Brian Merchant
Why is Sam Altman so obsessed with 'Her', to the point that he's willing to burn one of the world's biggest actresses to link his product to the film? Because, fittingly, the film presents AI as an engine of entitlement:

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