Great post and discussion points! I am writing a novel right now on our future lives with AI and the “Golden Calf of AI” is one of the themes. Our cities will be full of AI temples in the next 25 years as people will flock to AI for clarity about their life. The most interesting aspect I think surrounds prayer and unanswered prayers. An AI deity will provide more of a self help diagnosis and “7 step plan” to getting your prayer answered, while religions would either have to adapt and offer a similar diagnosis or stand on the idea of peace and contentment about unanswered prayers. I suspect that our society - which has long sought to eliminate suffering and seek clarity from the vast amount of things in our world that are unknown - will prefer the deity that provides more clarity than a religion or God which counsels us to take comfort in our finite mind.
Great post and discussion points! I am writing a novel right now on our future lives with AI and the “Golden Calf of AI” is one of the themes. Our cities will be full of AI temples in the next 25 years as people will flock to AI for clarity about their life. The most interesting aspect I think surrounds prayer and unanswered prayers. An AI deity will provide more of a self help diagnosis and “7 step plan” to getting your prayer answered, while religions would either have to adapt and offer a similar diagnosis or stand on the idea of peace and contentment about unanswered prayers. I suspect that our society - which has long sought to eliminate suffering and seek clarity from the vast amount of things in our world that are unknown - will prefer the deity that provides more clarity than a religion or God which counsels us to take comfort in our finite mind.