Godlike worship of AI is happening, and the Pope is its greatest opponent
By The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
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While the rest of us have been dreaming of the promise of AI to cure diseases, and fretting about the threat of robots overtaking humanity, a growing number of people have started literally worshipping AI. At online churches, and in front of an AI deity, people around the world are asking this technology for advice, seeking guidance to life’s most difficult problems. Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher discusses what could happen if such worshipping becomes mainstream, and why the leaders of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies tried to enlist the Pope to take AI consciousness seriously. Further reading: Plenty of people believe that AI can be God. Just not the Pope (https://www.smh.com.au/national/plenty-of-people-believe-that-ai-can-be-god-just-not-the-pope-20261006-p612x5.html) Subscribe to our YouTube channel: / smh Read the best of our journalism: https://www.smh.com.au/ https://www.theage.com.au/ Listen to our podcasts: https://podcasts.sm
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