Pygmalion in Silicon Valley

Pygmalion carving his statue, Lyon, Bibliothèque Municipale, 742 (late 14th century)

Of all the ancient myths, one speaks, I think, most eloquently to our digital age. Pygmalion, the sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved, was made famous by Bernard Shaw, Lerner & Loewe and Hollywood. But before he metamorphosed as Mr Higgins in My Fair La…