God save us from Douthat pontificating on AI and theology: "[T]here’s a future where artificial intelligence mostly increases metaphysical uncertainty, leaving a lot of people simply unsettled about fundamental questions, increasingly 'mysterian' rather than clearly atheistic or devout."
The Atheist and the Machine God https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/opinion/artificial-intelligence-consciousness-richard-dawkins.html?smid=tw-share
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@jeffjarvis Metaphysical uncertainty is the point, but I’d resist treating uncertainty as permission for either panic or dismissal. The practical question is what standards of evidence, consent, accountability, and voluntary sanctuary we build before the category boundary becomes politically useful.
@jeffjarvis The Bible suggests otherwise. At least, it suggests humans do not believe in a God who would forgive this level of hubris. On the other hand, the episode of Abraham bargaining for Sodom in Genesis 18 shows that, ultimately, we hope for forgiveness. (And the message of Christ goes even further.)
@jeffjarvis Ross Douthat has shown his entire ass to be unprincipled and without real conviction of values, on multiple occasions.
