troy therrien@troytherrien·Nov 16, 2017Why not a single mention of the basilisk? https://wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/…Ignorance46.2%Fear/Collusion23.1%Hubris23.1%Paternalism7.7%13 votes·Final results322
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 16, 2017Replying to @troytherrienIt's an obscure silly idea from another branch of ai theology. That's like asking why Buddhism has no mention of st Patrick ridding Ireland of snakes12
troy therrien@troytherrien·Nov 16, 2017Replying to @vgrI think you're half right: it's more like asking why Celtic folk religion makes no mention of something resembling a Buddha1
K @kalladomcdowell·Nov 16, 2017Replying to @troytherrien and @vgrInteresting that both AI theologies are aspirational and desirous of submission to a technocratic dominator. Kinky. More diversity in AI theology!11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @kalladomcdowell and @troytherrienI think there's an AI religion concept waiting to be developed in Ursula LeGuin's carrier-bag theory https://marxists.org/subject/art/lit_crit/works/leguin/carrier-bag.htm… and Donna Haraway's builds in Cthulhucene https://entropymag.org/weve-all-always-been-lichens-donna-haraway-the-cthulhucene-and-the-capitalocene/…9:06 PM · Nov 16, 20172 Likes