Lumifer comments on The Importance of Sidekicks - LessWrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 20 January 2015 08:46:00PM * 2 points [-]

If I build a battle robot and the robot goes to battle, is it a hero?

In which sense is Gandalf similar to a battle robot in the way that, say, Aragorn is not?

Besides, if you think of Maiar as battle robots, not only Gandalf is not a hero, but Sauron is not a villain either.