Trying to start a long, boring conversation about ethics has worked so far to keep people from forcing their slop machines on me, but it's nice to know there are options
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Now you can do both!
I despise AI, however, religious exceptions for work are stupid.
Go to work for your church/mosque/temple if it's that important for you.
If you're a Christian, live like a bird in the field, like Jesus says. Go pick through the garbage can and be content in your righteousness. You're reward isn't earthly, but in Heaven, right?
I'm not religious but I feel like people should have a right to take their annual leave for their religious holidays, yeah?
Also it usually it's just ok for their approved religions, anything else you are being stubborn
thank god.
“You can now get an exemption” is a huge overstatement.
Someone in North Carolina asked for it and happened to get it from her employer. That does not provide any firm basis for anyone else to follow. Any of us could have tried this last month with the same odds we have now.
"I'm a Butlerian."
But did you type that on your thinking machine?
I’m pretty sure that in Dune, all computers are banned, not just AI. You can’t even have a ship with a navigation computer.
the golden path
Maybe I am religious...
In a country where most states are fire-at-will. You don’t have the cultural integrity to effectively use something like this.
This is something that The Satanic Temple needs to get on board with.
Now I'm imagining a split in the satanic church, that is an AI satanic church and a non-AI satanic church. AI Satan sounds pretty hellish if you ask me..
AI Satan just lacks the soul of regular Satan, you know what I mean?
Somehow more satanic than satan? If one's goal is to rebel against Yahweh then forsaking one's soul given to them by Yahweh would be fitting.
FWIW, The Satanic Temple is different from The Church of Satan and/or the Satanic Church. To start with, we don't believe in Satan.
AI Satan does sound horrendously hellish, though. "You're correct, and you are absolutely right to call me out on it! I can see now how submerging you in searing hot lye would be unpleasant, especially after you begged me to stop! Here, let me try again, this time paying extra attention to not submerging you in searing hot lye."
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There is already essentially an AI-Satan cult. They're called the Rationalists. Unlike your average Satanist, however, they are very irrational, nearly theistic, and exert a lot of control over Silicon Valley.
And then there's their offshoot, the Zizians, which are even crazier. The episodes of Behind the Bastards covering them were wild
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tl;dr:
Maus is a Unitarian Universalist, a pluralistic religion that's rooted in the inherent worth of every person. In April, she argued that AI didn't align with her religious beliefs, citing environmental and ethical concerns.
Just so you know which religion to convert to.
There were already 100 reasons why the Unitarians are where it’s at.
But I really don’t think this is reason 101. All we have here is someone who asked their employer for this and was fortunate enough to have it granted.
That means nothing for anyone else. There is not some national law that all Unitarians have this protected right now.
So yeah… you might as well try on grounds that it offends Allah, because you’ll have the same odds.
Oh, good. One of the few religions that isn't predicated on making all non-members lives miserable.
I mean, hypothetically couldn't you just pick any belief structure outside of the top ten and make shit up? I'm a card carrying member of The Satanic Temple (which also puts an emphasis on human worth and social conscience) and I feel like I could swing this.
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I've learnt about the UU not that long ago and I'm getting into with much fondness. To me it's one of the only paths if you're a Christian-based perennialist who believes in the existence of God and follows the teachings of the prophet Jesus but rejects the bible. Basically it's only Unitarians or non-denominational Chrisians.
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Are you guys trying to get religion banned?
If you could ban religion, or ban AI, which would you ban?
If you ban religion AI will become people's God. So that is really not an option.
Religion has caused so much suffering though.
A blanket ban on AI seems extreme, perhaps banning commercialization would be the way to go so no one can try and profit from it. Obviously corporations would not like this idea.
If you ban religion AI will become people's God.
Say more here. It’s an interesting claim. Why do you see this as inevitable? I’m an atheist and AI has not become my god.
Well, I am just basing it off the fact that a bunch of people are already using AI in this fashion. Without something to fill this gap I think AI would be a likely candidate.
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/silicon-valleys-obsession-with-ai-looks-a-lot-like-religion/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_the_Future
It has already become common for existing religions to use AI to answer spiritual questions and preachers have started using it to write sermons.
I think cutting people off of traditional religion would accelerated this AI god concept. This is just my opinion of course.
@Doomsider @stickyprimer people are going to make AI into a religion regardless. We did it with books when they were first invented.
At this point, I feel like religion >> blind corporate loyalty. At least religion still pretends to care about people
You say that like it's a bad thing
It might help.
Time for the Universal Life Church to step in.
As an ordained minister (and fully-paid Saint), would highly approve.
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