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by bogomil 41 days ago
Every religion has a messiah. AI has a church, a priesthood, an Inquisition, and billions in donations. The Christ slot is still empty.
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Or Antichrist slot if you believe some people!

People do already see ChatGPT as an arbiter of truth despite its hallucinations, along with Commissar Google.

Infidel!
AI _is_ the messiah. It will deliver us from X, Y, Z.
But to where?
> But to where?

Max Tegmark sketches 12 possible scenarios: Libertarian Utopia, Benevolent Dictator, Egalitarian Utopia, Gatekeeper, Protector God, Enslaved God, Conquerors, Descendants, Zookeeper, 1984, Reversion, Self-Destruction

https://futureoflife.org/ai/ai-aftermath-scenarios/

Thanks. This is really useful!