That opener to 'The Call of Cthulhu' gets me all the time, not just in context of AI, but social media too. I recently wrote about this in the context of conspirational thinking while the AI-as-a-Shoggoth-meme went wild: https://goodinternet.substack.com/p/ai-is-a-shoggoth
I think AGI would be the ultimate superpower for any aspiring antichrist. Powered by existing NHI’s that even most Christians today seem to disbelieve in: easy as shooting fish in a barrel. Given how malleable reality seems to be for so many these days, that’s a non-trivial nightmare scenario from my POV.
But did you read ZeroHPLovecraft? At first I thought this post would be about his stuff :) He is writing often deep-learning related cosmic horror stories.
Have you been down the Egregore rabbit hole yet? It feels eerily related to this train of thought.
If not, you can start here: https://hwfo.substack.com/p/memespace-egregores-and-google-maps
That opener to 'The Call of Cthulhu' gets me all the time, not just in context of AI, but social media too. I recently wrote about this in the context of conspirational thinking while the AI-as-a-Shoggoth-meme went wild: https://goodinternet.substack.com/p/ai-is-a-shoggoth
I think AGI would be the ultimate superpower for any aspiring antichrist. Powered by existing NHI’s that even most Christians today seem to disbelieve in: easy as shooting fish in a barrel. Given how malleable reality seems to be for so many these days, that’s a non-trivial nightmare scenario from my POV.
We already have people in a state of complete spiritual death going on with their lives.
The same is true for purpose, or the lack or it.
It’s as daunting as retirement: some people crack, others flourish.
But did you read ZeroHPLovecraft? At first I thought this post would be about his stuff :) He is writing often deep-learning related cosmic horror stories.
In this tweet, I've included 2 samples from his works: https://twitter.com/_sinity/status/1642497066822688769
Links to the stories:
The Gig Economy: https://zerohplovecraft.substack.com/p/the-gig-economy
God-Shaped Hole: https://archive.is/20220518050957/https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/god-shaped-hole/