Comment on People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies

Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Krimika@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Came here to find this. It’s the definition of religion. Nothing new here.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Right, immediately made me think of TempleOS, where were the articles then claiming people are losing loved ones to programming fueled spiritual fantasies.

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    • Krimika@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Cult. Religion. What’s the difference?

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      • chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Is the leader alive or not? Alive is likely a cult, dead is usually religion.

        The next question is how isolated from friends and family or society at large are the members. More isolated is more likely to be a cult.

        Other than that, there’s not much difference.

        The usual setup is a cult is formed and then the second or third leader opens things up a bit and transitions it into just another religion… But sometimes a cult can be born from a religion as a small group breaks off to follow a charismatic leader.

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  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I have kind of arrived to the same conclusion. If people asked me what is love, I would say it is a religion.

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• drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The existence of religion in our society basically means that we can’t go anywhere but up with AI.

  Just the fact that we still have outfits forced on people or putting hands on religious texts as some sort of indicator of truthfulness is so ridiculous that any alternative sounds less silly.

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