[iammjm]

I feel like what was once called magic, then became God and now becomes AI. An all-encompassing term for all things inexplicable and complex and a handy backdoor to give up the burden of decision making and critical thinking. I fear it will soon, like God, become an ultimate, unquestionable instance: "Chatgpt tone me so, so it must be true "

[keiferski]

That's not really an accurate history of the concept called magic. Magic was very prevalent during the Christian Middle Ages, long after the concept of God. Magic was "removed" from the world by the process of disenchantment (a translation of Entzauberung, literally "de-magicification" in German.)

https://intotheclarities.com/2014/08/23/charles-taylor-on-di...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disenchantment

[brettermeier]

Yeah, when people lack understanding they come up with stupidity to have a simple explanation. Sad.