As the rapid, unregulated development of artificial intelligence continues, the language people in Silicon Valley use to describe it is becoming increasingly religious. Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize winner, suggests that creating thinking machines might challenge religious beliefs about human uniqueness. Mark Zuckerberg notes that some in tech view AI as a god-like creation. Some, like Ray Kurzweil, are predicting a transhumanist apocalypse where people merge with AI by 2045. Others, like Dylan Baker, are more skeptical. This blending of technology and spirituality reflects the profound impact AI is having in Silicon Valley.
How Silicon Valley is using religious language to talk about AI
