god in the machine

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We’ve been the god in the machine all along.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021

And yet we continue to dream that some deus in machina, a god in the machine, could appear as if by magic to save us from ourselves.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2021

Myth, if any, had to be subject to rigorous updates, and there was obviously no god in the machine.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2019

The only god in the machine, the human will or intelligence, is absolutely at the mercy of the machine.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

I've sat quietly in the background, watching her work out her destiny—feeling a good deal like a god in the machine.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph