A surprising number of Americans use AI for spiritual reasons

I've shared this before in HN comments to surprisingly good reception, this seems the prime opportunity to do so again https://jordanville.org/the-spiritual-dangers-of-artificial-...

On this specific article itself, near the end:

> He recently used AI to research the history of false messiahs...

Anyone else see the irony here?

This article describes the behavior consumers of AI, but I think the far more interesting spiritual question is about the producers:

How many of those involved in AI genuinely believe some degree of the "If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies"-style narrative where "AGI" is a kind of omnipotent destroyer god that can also somehow be harnessed for "good" in the hands of "the right people"?

Honestly, though, not surprising.