From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   Ed Cryer  writes:   
      
   > D wrote:   
   >   
   >> Another techo-religion aspect is the equating of AI with god. I am   
   >> very uncomfortable with some transhumanists. Some of them seem almost   
   >> religious in their belief in technology. I think whereas traditional   
   >> religious people like to play with concepts outside of time and   
   >> space, transhumanists, draw out the time axis way too much and assume   
   >> science will just continue to progress exponentially. This can cross   
   >> over into religion.   
   >   
   > I've not come across the idea of equating AI with God or a god.   
      
   It came up in the TV series 'Westworld'.   
      
   And maybe the film 'Transcendence', did Johnny Depp become god? maybe he   
   thought so.   
      
   And in The Matrix, Neo was a saviour figure.   
      
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