# Circe **Entity class:** Novel / literary work **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / governance / public knowledge **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition *Circe* is Madeline Miller's novel centered on the mythological figure Circe. Ezra Klein uses its line about fighting prophecy to frame the tragedy of AI laboratories accelerating toward the future they were organized to prevent. ## Relationships [[wiki/Madeline Miller|Madeline Miller]] · [[wiki/Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] · [[wiki/Ezra Klein|Ezra Klein]] · [[wiki/AI Race Dynamics|AI Race Dynamics]] - **Source dossier:** [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] ## Sources and provenance - [Source or authoritative context](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ90V_JREk&t=1674s) — accessed for the October 2026 integration. - [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] — reconciled episode conversion and quotation inventory. ## Evidence boundary Time-sensitive roles, forecasts, model capabilities and incident details remain attributed to the dated sources above. This node records the relationship established by the source corpus and does not convert a forecast or reported event into an independently proven fact. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats.” > **— Circe**, *Circe* [[reminders/Risk Debate/Fighting Prophecy Draws It Tighter Around the Throat by Madeline Miller|Fighting Prophecy Draws It Tighter Around the Throat by Madeline Miller]]