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At least three churches used AI-generated clips of Charlie Kirk in services last weekend as AI slop proliferates and becomes increasingly infused with religious messaging. (I wrote about this growing phenomenon a few weeks ago before Kirk’s death).
Mega churches and Christian fundamentalists have long embraced digital technology in order to spread... See more
Mega churches and Christian fundamentalists have long embraced digital technology in order to spread... See more
Jimmy Kimmel and Charlie Kirk's AI resurrection
new gods
“if people are to be expected to put up with turning on a computer to read a screen, they must be rewarded with deep and extremely up-to-date information that they can explore at will... They need an opportunity for personal involvement that goes far beyond that offered through the letters-to-the-editor pages of print magazines”
– Bill Gates,... See more
– Bill Gates,... See more
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"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra