Well, with this official Vatican + Anthropic mandate,
I guess it was only a matter of time when the religion of effective altruism, worshipping so-called artificial general intelligence, merged with entrenched religious institutions.
There is A LOT of evidence for my claim. Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Larry Page, and just about everyone within the TESCREAL movement (William MacAskill, Toby Ord, Nick Bostrom, etc.) believe in this eschatological vision. From MacAskill's 2022 book "What We Owe the Future":
“Enjoyable doc” “also serves as a very useful, straightforward primer on AI history, touching on a dazzling array of colourful, often crazed figures.”
FOUR STARS FROM THE GUARDIAN!
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
Canterbury! Come out to the Gulbenkien Monday June 15th 7PM!
Get your tickets today!
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The Nature Festival is back, courtesy of @biodivoxford.bsky.social 🥬
Oxford folk, ready yourselves for the last week of June, with nature walks, talks, workshops and activities (including those from the @oxon-mammal-group.bsky.social).
The programme caters to all ages.
🧪🌏
thenaturefestival.org
Tomorrow, the House of Commons will debate the risks and opportunities of data centre sustainability. Read the written evidence that academics at @ox.ac.uk have submitted: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
committees.parliament.uk/work/9651/ri...
@oii.ox.ac.uk @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social
Why we should rethink causal mediation, and what to do instead? Come to hear the answer from Vanessa Didelez at the next CIIG seminar!
The seminar will be hybrid. If you are in London, come join us in person at UCL! Otherwise, you can join on Zoom as usual. Registration links in comment below.
Technically we're all data centers. We just run on 20 watt hours and 8 cups of water per day
I don’t know why I took the time to do this
El Papa, Percival Everett y A.G. Sulzberger vs. Tony Blair y otros palmeros de la IA. Escribo un artículo de la opinión sobre quienes no se están rindiendo sin más a lo que impongan unas pocas empresas en manos de unos pocos y poderosos multimillonarios www.eldiario.es/opinion/zona...