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I guess they think that the “digital god” has a chance to become real (and soon, even), unlike the non-digital one?





We'll be debating whether or not "AGI is here" in philosophical terms, in the same way people debate if God is real, for years to come. To say nothing of the untaxed "nonprofit" status these institutions share.

Omnipotent deities can never be held responsible for famine and natural disasters ("God has a plan for us all"). AI currently has the same get-out-of-jail free card where mistakes that no literate human would ever make are handwaved away as "hallucinations" that can be exorcised with a more sophisticated training model ("prayers").




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