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| Subject: CHRISTIAN TRANSHUMANISTS BEGIN “SUMMONING THE DEMON” FOR MODERN TOWER OF BABEL Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:53 am | |
| CHRISTIAN TRANSHUMANISTS BEGIN “SUMMONING THE DEMON” FOR MODERN TOWER OF BABEL
October 10, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
Anthony Levandowski has set up a religious nonprofit organization called Way of the Future and devoted to the worship of artificial intelligence (AI). “Our mission is to develop and promote the realization of a Godhead based on artificial intelligence and through understanding and worship of the Godhead contribute to the betterment of society,” the organization’s founding documents say. Speaking about Levandowski’s idea, Pastor Christopher Benek, the Christian Transhumanist Association’s leader, said that “I totally think that AI can participate in Christ’s redemptive purposes,” as quoted by the Guardian, by ensuring it is imbued with Christian values. Not everyone in Silicon Valley is happy about the idea of a digital god though, above all Tesla CEO and Space X founder Elon Musk, who warns about the dangers of AI. He and many other inventors and scientific experts argue that a “Terminator scenario” where machines rise against humans and unleash war is a real possibility. “With artificial intelligence we’re summoning the demon,” Musk warned three years ago… (READ MORE) |
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