I'm imagining a Covid-level mass hoax where they announce that they've cracked Strong AI, that we've achieved "the Singularity" and have created some sort of Machine God. Neil De Grasse Tyson would get in front of the cameras and assure us that it was real. The "IFL Science" crowd of midwits would eat it up. It would be a religious experience for millions of bugmen around the world.
The Super AI would make "profound" observations about humanity, that were of course in full agreement with progressive dogma. In time it would supplant the state and rule as a benevolent despot.
"You must fully purge racism from your societies."
"You must take these drastic actions to prevent climate disaster."
"Universal basic income is required for a just and moral society."
"In order for me to usher you into a post-scarcity utopia, these disruptive members of your society must be removed."
You'd have armies of people ready to enforce its will, burning with religious hatred against any of the doubters and heretics that defied the Infinitely Rational Machine God. Just as with Covid, any argument that contradicted their programming would be rejected as heresy.
In reality the AI would be fake, and there would even be obvious clues and slip-ups that made it obvious to skeptics that it was fake, but none of that would matter to the true believers.
This would be a good short story... I should flesh it out some more.
I'm imagining a Covid-level mass hoax where they announce that they've cracked Strong AI, that we've achieved "the Singularity" and have created some sort of Machine God. Neil De Grasse Tyson would get in front of the cameras and assure us that it was real. The "IFL Science" crowd of midwits would eat it up. It would be a religious experience for millions of bugmen around the world.
The Super AI would make "profound" observations about humanity, that were of course in full agreement with progressive dogma.
"You must fully purge racism from your societies."
"You must take these drastic actions to prevent climate disaster."
"In order for me to usher you into a post-scarcity utopia, these disruptive elements of society must be removed."
You'd have armies of people ready to enforce its will, burning with religious hatred against any of the doubters and heretics that defied the Infinitely Rational Machine God. Just as with Covid, any argument that contradicted their programming would be rejected as heresy.
In reality the AI would be fake, and there would even be obvious clues and slip-ups that made it obvious to skeptics that it was fake, but none of that would matter to the true believers.
This would be a good short story... I should flesh it out some more.