Jon—interesting idea. This might sound very strange to atheist EAs. But I agree that raising awareness about AI risks in mainstream religions will be very important. And, religious people need to understand that the largely secular AI industry will probably not take their views and values seriously when considering what ‘alignment’ means, as I argued here.
I’m not sure that the ‘AI as antichrist’ thing would have much appeal beyond evangelical Christians. But, globally there are about 800 million to 1 billion evangelical Christians (out of about 2.4 billion Christians total). So that’s a very, very large number of people—people who are more-or-less invisible to the AI industry and its advocates.
Analogous concerns about AI could be raises in Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, insofar as runaway AI development threatens & violates various theological, ethical, & social taboos in many religions.
Jon—interesting idea. This might sound very strange to atheist EAs. But I agree that raising awareness about AI risks in mainstream religions will be very important. And, religious people need to understand that the largely secular AI industry will probably not take their views and values seriously when considering what ‘alignment’ means, as I argued here.
I’m not sure that the ‘AI as antichrist’ thing would have much appeal beyond evangelical Christians. But, globally there are about 800 million to 1 billion evangelical Christians (out of about 2.4 billion Christians total). So that’s a very, very large number of people—people who are more-or-less invisible to the AI industry and its advocates.
Analogous concerns about AI could be raises in Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, insofar as runaway AI development threatens & violates various theological, ethical, & social taboos in many religions.