The AI religion
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talkpoliticsEx-Google Engineer Starts Religion that Worships Artificial Intelligence
Been saying this for years. The future of religion is related to the philosophical aspects of developing a powerful artificial intelligence.
Simply put, humans used to worship stone or wooden idols that resembled humans and/or animals. They believed that if something resembled a living creature in form, it must possess the "soul" and essence of that living creature, and more.
A modified, more "modern" version of the same mindset assumes that if something resembles a living creature in behavior, it must be considered a living creature by essence - which is at the core of the Turing test and other related methods of defining sentience. It's natural to extrapolate this, then, and suppose that a potential next stage in the evolution of the human mind, plus the technological enhancements that we're already witnessing around us, would give rise to a technology-based religion that worships A.I., especially if it happens to surpass human capacities and become, well... superior.
This may've happened as a light-hearted stunt for the time being, but I predict it'll happen for real and for serious sooner than we suspect.
Been saying this for years. The future of religion is related to the philosophical aspects of developing a powerful artificial intelligence.
Simply put, humans used to worship stone or wooden idols that resembled humans and/or animals. They believed that if something resembled a living creature in form, it must possess the "soul" and essence of that living creature, and more.
A modified, more "modern" version of the same mindset assumes that if something resembles a living creature in behavior, it must be considered a living creature by essence - which is at the core of the Turing test and other related methods of defining sentience. It's natural to extrapolate this, then, and suppose that a potential next stage in the evolution of the human mind, plus the technological enhancements that we're already witnessing around us, would give rise to a technology-based religion that worships A.I., especially if it happens to surpass human capacities and become, well... superior.
This may've happened as a light-hearted stunt for the time being, but I predict it'll happen for real and for serious sooner than we suspect.
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Date: 5/10/17 02:22 (UTC)If we get a self-sufficient AI - what do we have to offer it? It won't want prayers, it won't need cows sacrificed, no songs will need to be sung, no foreskin will need to be chopped.
Might need to stop a little short of a self-sufficient AI. Maybe if we're all provided with hand cranks to keep it's batteries charged, I'd feel better about the whole thing...
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