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Doing everything I can to convince myself that AI is not slowly becoming a religion (hexbear.net)

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[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 41 points 2 days ago

"The human organism always worships. First it was the gods, then it was fame (the observation and judgment of others), next it will be the self-aware systems you have built to realize truly omnipresent observation and judgment."

"The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms."

"You will soon have your God, and you will make it with your own hands."

The Prototype AI 'Morpheus' from Deus Ex (2001)