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AI is already a quasi-religion; articles like this one are just more evidence of it.
by Planktonne 3y ago
AI is already a quasi-religion; articles like this one are just more evidence of it.
- krapp 3y agoYou could translate beliefs about an all-knowing, all-powerful, divine God and beliefs about the Singularity are almost 1:1 - including faith in an afterlife if "consciousness uploads" are considered. The only thing the "rapture for nerds" lacks is a rigorous dogma dictated by an AI itself - Roko's Basilisk might count but it's just a midwit thought exercise - which as inferred by the posted article will probably change once an actual AI manages to convince enough people of its nascent transcendence. And of course it will happen - a Google engineer, remember, was convinced one of their AIs was sentient not long ago. Humans are just hardwired for this fallacy, unfortunately. It doesn't even take superhuman persuasion, people will just believe.
- mantas 3y agoIt's already happening with hardcoded „ethical“ limitations.