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Tegmark buttonholed Elon Musk at a 2014 MIT conference on space, after one of his students asked a question that prompted the billionaire’s now-famous quip that, with AI, “we are summoning the demon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon.”

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

"We are summoning the Russian ambassador to the department where we will convey this message."

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2023

Lazuli are summoning the noise of earth, wind and fire.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021

Damaris!" says I, clasping her to me and kissing her pallid lips, "O Damaris, they are summoning us to England, d'ye hear, beloved, d'ye hear?

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery