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Tech is changing- where are we going?

2 pointsby snow_mac9 months ago

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ggm9 months ago
I think it&#x27;s a bit of a stretch to get from tech to religion. There&#x27;s a lot of &quot;you do you&quot; in the response I&#x27;m giving here, but I do appreciate this has been a thing for some time, the assumption I made in times past that tech == atheism is demonstrably false. I do wonder why? Isn&#x27;t observable emergent behaviour in complex systems strong evidence of the absence of intelligent design? (btw, emergent behaviour is not an argument for AGI but I digress)<p>But I would argue it takes some mental gymnastics to get from theism in general to specifically the monotheism of christianity.<p>Rod Burstall, who was a significant player in the Edinburgh University AI scene in the 60s and 70s converted to Buddhism. I think that&#x27;s possibly the stronger trend here. I&#x27;d welcome comment from the South Asian contingent which is now everywhere.<p>Probably, this is a local event in tech bound up in fear of the unknown, lack of experience of the past tech boom-bust cycles, the electoral cycle, the social media wierdness about truth, cookers online. I don&#x27;t personally see a strong nexus in tech to religious expression.<p>Pentecostalists online might disagree.<p>Lastly, which is a little sad because I don&#x27;t like to end on a sour note, that was incoherently badly written. If you feel drawn to exegesis, get somebody to crit your work.