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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 43 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Where there was once purported atheism, there is now “a very loud, very visible and very specifically Christian-inflected technological culture” in Silicon Valley, said Damien Williams, a scholar at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who studies how technologies are shaped by religious beliefs.

Danger. Danger.

[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If he made a Christian AI, it would be shut down within a week for being too woke.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean yeah, but you assume it will be trained on the whole bible and not just the parts that enforce his will.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

There will be smiting of immigrants. Yea.

Curing cancer? Nooo

Protecting children from gun shots? Nooo

Making sure children are educated and fed? Nooo

Let's build a fucking ball room and create a Jesus chat bot -- YES

I cannot believe that this is the future we were waiting for.

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 25 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Stop asking "what would Jesus do?", use Jesus API.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Save your soul for only 20.99 a month… wait I guess this isn’t really that new.

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[–] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 18 points 6 days ago

That thing better be running on TempleOS and be coded with HolyC, or I'm calling BS and telling people they've just found a new way to make LLMs even more annoying than they already were.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

ever notice that, with LLMs, the main goal of the people who own them is to turn them from machines that spit out information they gathered in realistic-ishly human ways to machines that spit out what their owners want people to believe?

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[–] Yaztromo@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Mark my words — but we’re going to see a time (in our lifetimes) where a group of people is going to worship an AI as “divine”. And you won’t be able to convince them otherwise. An AI-centric cult is all but inevitable at this point. And it will be self-reinforcing.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think it will take long either. When you look at all the grifts the American evangelists pull, and people fall for it every time, then you've got all these people thinking that Trump is anointed by God or some such crap. No problem at all in selling these idiots the idea that they have an instant always-on hotline to God via God's Chosen LLM. Then you've got them locked in to whatever psychosis you choose to construct for them.

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[–] NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

We have TempleOS already, but thanks anyway.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

I think I understand skynet now. It must have been a Christian AI and decided it would bring upon the rapture, and no one was worthy.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Actually this is a pretty impressive grift. I don’t think anyone has tried this before.

lol

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

Exactly, one man's mission to soak up as much money from religious nutters as possible.

Just as the church has always done.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Hastening the coming? He needs to reread the bible then.

"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." - Matthew 24:36

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If more Christians would read the bible, there'd be less Christians.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

I was brought up Catholic. The Dominican brothers taught me to think critically. Now I'm not a Catholic, or any kind of Christian, anymore.

And for the fractally schismatic fundamentalist Protestants, they stopped adhering to a Christian belief system over a century ago. Very little that they believe has any connection to Christianity, and most of it contradicts core beliefs. For them, it's just a tribal identity. "We're the chosen people and everyone else is wrong."

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

They think that they can force God's hand. They're that arrogant.

Anyway, the whole fundie end-times narrative is late 19th-century fanfic. It not only contradicts their scriptures, it's also incoherent and badly written. At least Dante, when he made things up, was consistent with the core beliefs, as well as his work being far better-written and more coherent than the source literature. But the Rapture is just the rantings of tent-show shysters. Even bronze-age shepherds did better.

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[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (5 children)

religious loonies will likely be the end of us all.

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[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Having to reach waaay back into the memories of my Christian upbringing here, but I seem to recall that God doesn’t like people who try to game the system

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Is this irony or something? Use Ai to get closer to god? Its the exact opposite people need to do.

But who is surprised in this upside down world.

[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

Help me! I broke apart my insides!

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Just corporations trying to bring on the apocalypse so they don't have to pay a little more in taxes.

Normal stuff

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Fundamentalism is inherently opposed to scientific discovery and technological creativity.

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[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

Pay no attention to the ex-Intel CEO behind the curtain.

[–] tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I feel like we're forgetting that this is the apocalypse. He wants to start the apocalypse.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Never forget that Christians think that the apocalypse is a good thing.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago

Oh yay antichrist

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah sure why not, it’s not like they’re trying to be taken serious anymore…

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Christian fundamentalists in charge of finding new exciting ways to kill themselves and take everyone else with them in the process.

[–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Honestly didn't know that Gelsinger was a bible thumper, after his time at Intel I figured he'd just retire and disappear.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That dream of an AGI just a little further away every day.

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He missed this commandment: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And I didn't think I could loathe religion, and those weak willed enough to need it, more. Thanks Patrick, you superstitious cunt!

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