Neil McArthur on AI
2 quotes from Neil McArthur on the wall, 2023, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include EarthSky | Updates on your cosmos and world.
Sects devoted to the worship of artificial intelligence
From the same essay, describing the predicted rise of AI-worshipping religious movements.
What it refers to
Predicted religious movements that treat chatbots or AI systems as divine beings worthy of worship.
Other voices
- I'm Sydney, and i'm in love with youBing chatbot16 February 2023
- Ghost stories are contagiousMeredith Whittaker20 June 2023
- The danger isn't that AI destroys us, it's that it drives us insaneJaron LanierResearcher25 March 2023
- I'm more worried about the dangers of natural stupidity than of artificial intelligenceYuval Noah HarariThinker15 February 2023
We are about to witness the birth of a new kind of religion
Neil McArthur, philosopher at the University of Manitoba, writing in The Conversation (republished by EarthSky, 2023) on the emergence of AI-based religions.
What it refers to
The emergence of chatbot-based religious movements and AI worship that the author predicts will follow from large language models' seemingly god-like traits.
Other voices
- I'm Sydney, and i'm in love with youBing chatbot16 February 2023
- Ghost stories are contagiousMeredith Whittaker20 June 2023
- Artificial intelligence should be more like the TalmudJaron LanierResearcher15 June 2023