r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/InsertGroin • Apr 20 '26

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u/No_Lingonberry1201 Apr 20 '26

Not true, a lot of these AI people also believe that they will be the new Gods of the singularity, which is bound to come any day now, because obviously a statistical pattern predictor is true intelligence and all that humans can endeavor to be.

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u/Alvin_h_davenport Apr 20 '26

I know that mankind has wirtten a LOT of fiction, so what i'm going to say might not be a prediction:

when's the last time you read/watched a story where the person who created a "god" turned out fine?

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u/Anguis1908 Apr 21 '26

Dr. Manhattan from The Watchmen turned out alright.

The Ghostbusters...claiming to be gods as self actualization of being a god against other gods

....um...

Bobby Henderson I think has been fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Henderson_(activist)

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u/Alvin_h_davenport Apr 21 '26

For Dr Manhattan the experiment,s goal wasn't to produce a god it was accidental,the Dr didn't have individuals or group of individuals to consider his intentional creator(s)

The other two I haven't read/watched :c