But its a pretty safe bet well be seeing more robo-centric religious groups in the future.
Perhaps, however, they wont be about worshipping the machines themselves.
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If you ask me: thats the future of AI and religion, just minus the AI overlords part.
The Present
Levandowskis church wasnt as wacky as it might sound.
TheRoman Catholic church embraces AI, though with some expected religious caveats.
But the writing is on the wall for a different kind of AI-powered religious experience.
A year later he founded theChurch of Scientology.
The Tech is a bedrock of Scientology belief.
Hubbards initial works spanned hundreds of texts, books, and speeches.
Originally, the founders told followers a literal spaceship would come for them.
Some experts even believe some of the groups beliefs were based onmystical interpretations of computer code.
Both of these groups saw their genesis during periods of technological inflection points.
Scientology began in the wake of the second World War.
When the war started, many warriors werestill fighting on horsebackand the RADAR hadnt been invented.
By the time WWII was over, technology had advanced toan unrecognizable state.
Whats next
AI is a backbone technology.
Per the Church ofScientology, the e-meter machine by itself … does nothing.
There are thousands of AI systems that work the exact same way.
Of course, these systems dont actually work.
But itcanbe trained to label output data any way you want it to.
It isa demonstrable factthat AI systems anddatabasesare inherently biased.
The faith-based future
We truly do live in a faith-based world when it comes to AI.
Apparently, Musks faith in his product ends where Teslas liability begins.
When facial recognition software companies tell us their products work, we believe them.
But it stands to reason theyre never going away.
On the other hand, its also clear this technology is extremely well-suited for religious use.
