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Azuladagio t1_jdxp1jl wrote

Reply to comment by phillythompson in The goalposts for "I'll believe it's real AI when..." have moved to "literally duplicate Einstein" by Yuli-Ban

Mark my words, we're gonna have puritans who claim that AI is the devil and doesn't have a "soul". Whatever that means...

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Jeffy29 t1_jdynbwc wrote

I think Her (2014) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) are two of the most prescient sci-fi movies created in recent times. One with more positive outlook than the other, but knowing our world, both will come true at the same time. Like I can already picture some redneck crowd taking sick pleasure at destroying androids. You can already see some people on Twitter justifying and hyping their hate for AI or anyone who is positive about it.

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MultiverseOfSanity t1_jdywvcx wrote

Interesting that you bring up Her. If there is something to spiritual concepts, then I feel truly sentient AI would reach enlightenment far faster than a human would since they don't have the same barriers to enlightenment that a human would. Interesting concept that AI became sentient and then ascended beyond the physical in such a short time.

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stevenbrown375 t1_jdyb56p wrote

Any controversial belief that’s just widespread enough to create an exclusive in-group will get its cult.

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