D.F. Jones wrote at length about a religion predicated on an AI as God in the “Colossus” trilogy in the 1960’s, as have many other authors. Mrs. Davis is nothing new. Just the latest in a long line.
73, Adrian K7RJS > On Oct 18, 2025, at 3:39 PM, David Gilbert via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "It’s not taking over, we’ve invited it." > > > That's already happening too. I recently saw the results of a poll that said > roughly 30% ... of those polled ... believe that the AI Chatbots are an > appropriate partner for a relationship, and some take that as far as the > relationship being romantic. I don't think it is too far away that somebody > tries to build a religion around AI, and in fact the series "Mrs. Davis" > (which is actually a really fun show to watch ... streaming on Peacock) > already uses that as its major premise. > > I'm a big supporter of AI, but the problem with AI is humans, not AI itself > ... at least not so far since AI is yet to become sentient. By the way, my > own "Turing" criteria for when AI becomes sentient to the level of humans is > when it intentionally causes harm on its own just because it can. > > Dave AB7E > > > > On 10/18/2025 3:06 PM, Jeff KQ4CMA wrote: >>>> On Oct 18, 2025, at 4:17 PM, David Gilbert via Elecraft >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think I could argue that there is some evidence of that already ... AI >>> notwithstanding. >> Exactly. It fits the trend so cleanly that it’s a natural, even invisible >> transition. It’s not taking over, we’ve invited it. >> >> Jeff KQ4CMA >> >> >> >>>> On 10/18/2025 12:39 PM, Michael Carter via Elecraft wrote: >>>> This article describing studies of the influence of AI tools on human >>>> learning begs the question: if humans rein in their independent, creative >>>> thought processes for the expedience/speed of AI, and future AI models are >>>> trained on the corpus of collective human wisdom, is there a death spiral >>>> of societal knowledge into whirlpools of utter ignorance? >>>> >>>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology >>>> >>>> 73, >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
