#superintelligence
Thanks to an explosion of cheap computing power, AI is advancing faster than ever. But one of it's high priests seems to be firmly stuck in the past millennium...
What if Silicon Valley's high priests of AGI get their wish, but end up with a digital god that wants nothing to do with them?
# oddities
Silicon Valley embraced a new religion. And it borrows quite heavily from an old one.
# tech
Our tech oligarchs want an "AGI." No one really knows what that actually means.
# longform
However bizarre you think Silicon Valley's sudden obsession with AI, I assure you, its roots are way weirder than that, and so are the plans for an "AI-powered" future.