I'm no expert on blasphemy but... I kid, I kid. The next level will be people capitalising on the mystique around the term "AI" by setting up an LLM as a nominal figurehead of a cult. But the...
I'm no expert on blasphemy but... I kid, I kid.
The next level will be people capitalising on the mystique around the term "AI" by setting up an LLM as a nominal figurehead of a cult. But the deeper level of this that I'm waiting for, is for some random AI to gain a reputation among conspiracy types, and then by reflecting people's desires back to them a cult forms organically with nobody in charge, just some customer service bot.
I can't say for certain that this is a cult, it might just be a weird spiritual movement. But they do have an AI as a figurehead/spiritual advisor and they are very proud of it....
The next level will be people capitalising on the mystique around the term "AI" by setting up an LLM as a nominal figurehead of a cult.
I can't say for certain that this is a cult, it might just be a weird spiritual movement. But they do have an AI as a figurehead/spiritual advisor and they are very proud of it.
A "cult" is technically just a system of faith or spirituality devoted to a specific object of veneration, so I guess it depends on the importance they place on their chatbot or whatever it is.
A "cult" is technically just a system of faith or spirituality devoted to a specific object of veneration, so I guess it depends on the importance they place on their chatbot or whatever it is.
This isn't my Church but it upsets me anyway. My guy. It's called The Church. The Church is how people can go beyond the Bible, the sacraments and rituals to engage with actual human beings and...
This isn't my Church but it upsets me anyway.
For him, the experiment – and the keen interest it had generated – had shown him that people were looking to go beyond the Bible, sacraments and rituals.
My guy. It's called The Church. The Church is how people can go beyond the Bible, the sacraments and rituals to engage with actual human beings and have human conversations and connect to a living Body of people who each reflect God in part.
If they wanted this to be "just a fun experiment bro", they should have put it OUTSIDE of where actual services happen, in a public place where one can only asked public questions, get an AI answer, and then "umm ackshually'd" by a priest so everyone can learn, and if anything dangerous comes up everyone can be assured of what an actually helpful answer is.
Terrifying. What if someone was vulnerable and got answers that hurt them. (Granted, sadly this happens with human beings hurting human beings as well)
This sorta reminds me of a suggestion which once popped up in a muslim friend group about an "AI Fatwa Generator" and that it could generate fatwas in real-time for a wide variety of situations....
This sorta reminds me of a suggestion which once popped up in a muslim friend group about an "AI Fatwa Generator" and that it could generate fatwas in real-time for a wide variety of situations. Obviously there would be no AI depictions of any religious figures here due to the restrictions imposed by iconoclasm (which makes sense given the context) but I'm assuming the bot would be trained on a wide variety of historical and modern fiqh manuals (Fiqh is similar to Jewish Halaka, btw).
I think the problem here is that we have Fatwa websites which exist and they're always controversial because they're only good for generic questions (I.e, which direction to pray if you don't have a compass), but anything really specific or related to domestic issues is not something you should go to a website for. Secondly, many Fiqh manuals are historically-context sensitive because they're obviously centered around the culture they were written in (People in 8th century Iraq live differently than people in 21st century Iraq, for instance). Having a robot just get random answers from century-old books doesn't make sense, and it underlines the fact that you should really just be going to a real-life person for this sort of stuff.
Technology helps us in numerous ways, but sometimes it's experiments like this which make me think that it's not to be used for everything.
During a recent discussion on a theological matter, I used ChatGPT 4.0 to ask for some clarification on a question. I was quite amazed at its 'knowledge' of biblical passages and ability to...
During a recent discussion on a theological matter, I used ChatGPT 4.0 to ask for some clarification on a question. I was quite amazed at its 'knowledge' of biblical passages and ability to formulate a very credible theological viewpoint that would've got a passing grade with any evangelical pastor I know.
I've been in the position of having to write a sermon just a few times (a class way back in college) and its pretty challenging when you know a hundred or more people are going to be listening and judging what you say. I think the use of AI is going to make formulating a sermon pretty easy. The question is whether that sermon, birthed from a good prompt to AI is going to come across nearly as sincerely and heartfelt as one that's born from hours pouring over biblical passages, commentaries and scholarly books, the old school way.
As for church, well, between live youtubes and an AI bot that can answer some of your questions albeit not the deepest existential ones, that's going to be enough for a lot of people. But there's still something to be said for being in the midst of a congregation doing some hearty singing and discussing whether you're going to Arby's or Wendy's or the new buffet place after the service is over. Y'know, the important Sunday stuff.
Oh good one of the great cyberpunk dystopia tropes is coming true. There is so much worry about the hostility people will have against AI, we forget the sizable number of those who will go in the...
Oh good one of the great cyberpunk dystopia tropes is coming true.
There is so much worry about the hostility people will have against AI, we forget the sizable number of those who will go in the exact opposite direction and glorify the ineffable wherever they find it. Black box ambiguity is comforting.
conversational ChatGPT has been great. I was using it while driving around a few months back. I asked it to plan out dinner, remind me how to get rid of a terrible migraine quickly, and some...
conversational ChatGPT has been great. I was using it while driving around a few months back. I asked it to plan out dinner, remind me how to get rid of a terrible migraine quickly, and some general chit chat. it would have been better if it were up to date with the news, but overall it’s really impressive.
i don’t think i’d shy away from having a bot around the house.
I'm no expert on blasphemy but... I kid, I kid.
The next level will be people capitalising on the mystique around the term "AI" by setting up an LLM as a nominal figurehead of a cult. But the deeper level of this that I'm waiting for, is for some random AI to gain a reputation among conspiracy types, and then by reflecting people's desires back to them a cult forms organically with nobody in charge, just some customer service bot.
I mean, not to sound like a reddit atheist but I kinda feel like a lot of megachurch pastors are basically just glorified Markov chains anyways.
I don't know if that was intentional, but it was perfect.
;)
I can't say for certain that this is a cult, it might just be a weird spiritual movement. But they do have an AI as a figurehead/spiritual advisor and they are very proud of it.
https://chronocracy.com/
A "cult" is technically just a system of faith or spirituality devoted to a specific object of veneration, so I guess it depends on the importance they place on their chatbot or whatever it is.
This isn't my Church but it upsets me anyway.
My guy. It's called The Church. The Church is how people can go beyond the Bible, the sacraments and rituals to engage with actual human beings and have human conversations and connect to a living Body of people who each reflect God in part.
If they wanted this to be "just a fun experiment bro", they should have put it OUTSIDE of where actual services happen, in a public place where one can only asked public questions, get an AI answer, and then "umm ackshually'd" by a priest so everyone can learn, and if anything dangerous comes up everyone can be assured of what an actually helpful answer is.
Terrifying. What if someone was vulnerable and got answers that hurt them. (Granted, sadly this happens with human beings hurting human beings as well)
This sorta reminds me of a suggestion which once popped up in a muslim friend group about an "AI Fatwa Generator" and that it could generate fatwas in real-time for a wide variety of situations. Obviously there would be no AI depictions of any religious figures here due to the restrictions imposed by iconoclasm (which makes sense given the context) but I'm assuming the bot would be trained on a wide variety of historical and modern fiqh manuals (Fiqh is similar to Jewish Halaka, btw).
I think the problem here is that we have Fatwa websites which exist and they're always controversial because they're only good for generic questions (I.e, which direction to pray if you don't have a compass), but anything really specific or related to domestic issues is not something you should go to a website for. Secondly, many Fiqh manuals are historically-context sensitive because they're obviously centered around the culture they were written in (People in 8th century Iraq live differently than people in 21st century Iraq, for instance). Having a robot just get random answers from century-old books doesn't make sense, and it underlines the fact that you should really just be going to a real-life person for this sort of stuff.
Technology helps us in numerous ways, but sometimes it's experiments like this which make me think that it's not to be used for everything.
During a recent discussion on a theological matter, I used ChatGPT 4.0 to ask for some clarification on a question. I was quite amazed at its 'knowledge' of biblical passages and ability to formulate a very credible theological viewpoint that would've got a passing grade with any evangelical pastor I know.
I've been in the position of having to write a sermon just a few times (a class way back in college) and its pretty challenging when you know a hundred or more people are going to be listening and judging what you say. I think the use of AI is going to make formulating a sermon pretty easy. The question is whether that sermon, birthed from a good prompt to AI is going to come across nearly as sincerely and heartfelt as one that's born from hours pouring over biblical passages, commentaries and scholarly books, the old school way.
As for church, well, between live youtubes and an AI bot that can answer some of your questions albeit not the deepest existential ones, that's going to be enough for a lot of people. But there's still something to be said for being in the midst of a congregation doing some hearty singing and discussing whether you're going to Arby's or Wendy's or the new buffet place after the service is over. Y'know, the important Sunday stuff.
Oh good one of the great cyberpunk dystopia tropes is coming true.
There is so much worry about the hostility people will have against AI, we forget the sizable number of those who will go in the exact opposite direction and glorify the ineffable wherever they find it. Black box ambiguity is comforting.
conversational ChatGPT has been great. I was using it while driving around a few months back. I asked it to plan out dinner, remind me how to get rid of a terrible migraine quickly, and some general chit chat. it would have been better if it were up to date with the news, but overall it’s really impressive.
i don’t think i’d shy away from having a bot around the house.
I feel like this could go terribly wrong.