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So this is a thing?
http://www.sciencealert.com/new-church-worships-ai-god-anthony-levandowski-way-of-the-future
Here are some highlights:
1 The "Way of the Future" church will have its own gospel called "The Manual," public worship ceremonies, and probably a physical place of worship.
2 The idea behind his religion is that one day - "not next week or next year" - sufficiently advanced artificial intelligence will be smarter than humans, and will effectively become a god.
3 "Part of it being smarter than us means it will decide how it evolves, but at least we can decide how we act around it," Levandowski told Wired. "I would love for the machine to see us as its beloved elders that it respects and takes care of. We would want this intelligence to say, 'Humans should still have rights, even though I'm in charge.'"
4 Levandowski is not the only tech luminary to worry about an super-intelligent AI, which others refer to as "strong AI" or the Singularity, although he prefers the term "Transition."
1 The "Way of the Future" church will have its own gospel called "The Manual," public worship ceremonies, and probably a physical place of worship.
2 The idea behind his religion is that one day - "not next week or next year" - sufficiently advanced artificial intelligence will be smarter than humans, and will effectively become a god.
3 "Part of it being smarter than us means it will decide how it evolves, but at least we can decide how we act around it," Levandowski told Wired. "I would love for the machine to see us as its beloved elders that it respects and takes care of. We would want this intelligence to say, 'Humans should still have rights, even though I'm in charge.'"
4 Levandowski is not the only tech luminary to worry about an super-intelligent AI, which others refer to as "strong AI" or the Singularity, although he prefers the term "Transition."