# Madeline Miller **Entity class:** Person / author **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / governance / public knowledge **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Madeline Miller is an American novelist and the author of *Circe*. A line spoken by Circe supplies the literary frame for Ezra Klein's argument that AI laboratories may create the prophecy they organized themselves to prevent. ## Relationships [[wiki/Circe|Circe]] · [[wiki/Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] · [[wiki/Ezra Klein|Ezra Klein]] · [[wiki/Technological Panic|Technological Panic]] - **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]]