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The best thing about this article: > Levandowski refused to discuss the case with reporters but attracted headlines with a curveball revelation: he had founded
by xrd 8y ago
The best thing about this article:
> Levandowski refused to discuss the case with reporters but attracted headlines with a curveball revelation: he had founded a church, called the Way of the Future, that was devoted to “the realization, acceptance, and worship of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence.” Machines would eventually become more powerful than humans, he proclaimed, and the members of his church would prepare themselves, intellectually and spiritually, for that momentous transition. Some people wondered if the church, as a nonprofit organization, was a scheme to protect Levandowski’s fortune, but he assured reporters that he was sincere. “I don’t believe in God,” he told me. “But I do believe that we are creating something that basically, as far as we’re concerned, will be like God to us.”
- sonnyblarney 8y agoAI can never be God, and won't ever be 'like God to us'. Not in a billion years. It's funny how so many of the 'unfaithful' seem to lack the capacity for metaphysical thought. This guy also seems a little bit crazy, and not in the good way.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoReplying to my own comment as an edit: I used 'unfaithful' in jest almost academic sarcasm, not seriously in any way. I am always amazed at both the narrow materialism, and hyper grandiosity of these people. 'Starting his own religion' (especially based around technology!) is a massive red flag ... extreme and also misplaced egoism. This guy is a 'jump the shark' moment for the Valley.