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If a portion of the population zealously believes that AIs are sentient we could see the same treatment of AI researchers or even software engineers as we've se
by hemloc_io 4y ago
If a portion of the population zealously believes that AIs are sentient we could see the same treatment of AI researchers or even software engineers as we've seen in other scientific pursuits by the religious.
That's quite scary to me personally.
- JumpCrisscross 4y agoChatbots could deliver the personal connection to a messiah figure so many modern religious movements emphasize. I would be surprised if we don't see a church founded around the ramblings of a discarded bot in our lifetimes.
- malermeister 4y agoI think the more interesting (if highly unethical) thing would be to have a bot that is purposefully built to be a cult leader. Maybe train it on all sorts of scripture and see if you can get people to follow it...
- mickotron 4y agoWell we already have QANon, so I guess your idea isn’t so far fetched after all.
- colejohnson66 4y agoTempleOS,[0] by the infamous Terry Davis, featured a program called "After Egypt" that he would use to post text supposedly comming from God (or “space alian”).[1] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TerryADavis https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TerryADavis