I feel the same, there seem to be a lot of religious undertones going on. Even if we had an incredibly capable AGI it doesn't mean we're all going to be telepo

I feel the same, there seem to be a lot of religious undertones going on. Even if we had an incredibly capable AGI it doesn't mean we're all going to be teleported to heaven, or become immortal, or that the world will end, or that it's here to save humanity, or that humanity even needs saving. People are injecting all of this into it. We have no idea what the future looks like, no one does. We do know what religion looks like and OpenAI and AI evangelism certainly looks similar we have claims about: * Potential for the end of times. * The reckoning (Roko's basilisk). * Potential for eternal life and even resurrections (Ray Kurzweil, Singularity university etc). * Blasphemy isn't allowed, "thou shall not question the AI future, it is coming no matter what, it is nigh". * We're told we need governance, a church. * Promises untold abundance if one believes. I'm not even trying to refute all these claims, like I said, I don't know what will happen in the future. I just went to a religious school and I get similar vibes lately from AI people. Humans have always wanted and tried to create demons, monsters, gods, idols. I don't actually think this is much different except this endeavor sort of intersects with "science", and technologies do exist. I'm just not sure we're seeing these develops in a healthy light. I guess we could say the invention of a church was also a type of social technology too?