The Tech Boys’ New Religions: When AI Becomes God
The Tech Boys’ New Religions: When AI Becomes God How people are finding faith, purpose, and the promise of salvation in artificial intelligence. Dr. Robert W. Malone Executive Summary Something strange is happening within one of America’s most secular, highly educated, and technologically sophisticated communities. A growing subculture of young scientists, programmers, entrepreneurs, and artificial intelligence researchers is embracing extraordinary beliefs about simulated reality, digital immortality, superintelligent machines, and humanity’s ultimate destiny. Some believe our universe is a computer simulation created by a superior intelligence. Others envision escaping biological death by transferring human consciousness into machines. Still others believe artificial intelligence will either save humanity or destroy it. For some, these are intriguing intellectual possibilities. For others, they have become deeply held convictions, providing the meaning, belonging, moral purpos...