I've enjoyed his writing on the whole - the author was an extreme green activist which I think informs some of the more radical ideas in this article. He's now against environmentalism or at least the political manifestation of it which is basically mainstream policy in most European countries.
He is a Christian convert but his radical roots show through. There's the danger for cultural commentators of seeing the apocalypse around every corner and in thinking that right now this very moment is the most important of all time (and not observing that we have thought that at every moment in the past too!) and there's the attraction for authors that stories invoking fear are a powerful motivator for attention and that it lends emotion to stories. Without this we would get blander, dryer and less emotion filled reports. Less eyeballs.
Nevertheless behind this at the foreground which I have to navigate, there are some interesting ideas and stories in the article. Those bots in churches and temples are so weird , but seeing the AI developments with a spiritual lens could be good.
I'd suggest reading some of the comments in the article too.
But in a sense, right now is the most important of all time, because it's the only moment we have to effect change. And the levers of what we do or don't, echoes in eternity.
I'm having a difficult time assessing the radical roots you highlight. They seem far less radical, and more a substantial support of the status quo. Almost as if his extreme green activism was some sort of phase.
He is a Christian convert but his radical roots show through. There's the danger for cultural commentators of seeing the apocalypse around every corner and in thinking that right now this very moment is the most important of all time (and not observing that we have thought that at every moment in the past too!) and there's the attraction for authors that stories invoking fear are a powerful motivator for attention and that it lends emotion to stories. Without this we would get blander, dryer and less emotion filled reports. Less eyeballs.
Nevertheless behind this at the foreground which I have to navigate, there are some interesting ideas and stories in the article. Those bots in churches and temples are so weird , but seeing the AI developments with a spiritual lens could be good.
I'd suggest reading some of the comments in the article too.