Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

Saw this on a conspiracy theory subreddit recently, thought it was absolutely hilarious:

"Boy I love trapping demons in microscopic silicon megastructures to do my bidding, I sure hope nothing goes wrong"

I told my eight year old the “we taught sand how to think” joke, and he loved it, and also indulged me in a brief explanation.

It really is absolutely wild that it all works when you go to the absolute fundamentals and start working forward.

Didn't some Wharton professor post something similar too recently?

The funny thing is that before that we taught light bulbs how to think(thermionic logic), and before that we taught magnets how to think(relay logic) and before that we taught levers how to think(gear logic)

It’s magic all the way down.