Did We Actually Build the Shoggoth?

Nine years ago I opened a post on this blog by invoking Betteridge&rsquo;s law of headlines: The answer to virtually every clickbait title that asks a yes/no question is &ldquo;No.&rdquo; I am pleased to report that the law has survived a decade of technological upheaval intact, and that it applies to the title of this post, too. You may now stop reading, secure in that answer. Alternatively, you…