There's an interesting trend in the AI Doom Gospel: this atheist AI theology is now seeking religious legitimacy.
But this is an old playbook: a small group of believers claims it alone understands the coming apocalypse, then asks everyone else to hand it centralized control.
Yes, some very loud voices express such sentiments.
But the silent majority don't care about "AI God" beliefs at all. They just use AI tools for productivity gains.
@theallinpod It reminds me of the famous 2016 keynote by Maciej Ceglowski, "Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People."
It critiqued the "Religion 2.0" aspect: a secular, techno-apocalyptic faith that treats unproven AGI as an imminent, omnipotent, and omniscient deity.
A new study, "AI going rogue? An integrative narrative review of the tacit assumptions underlying existential AI risks," finds that the x-risk literature rests on highly speculative, anthropomorphic, and unsubstantiated scenarios, while neglecting socio-technical realities.