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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 13, 2022 @02:17PM (#31729278)
Chatbots could deliver the personal connection to a messiah figure so many modern religious movements emphasize. I would be surprised if we don't see a church founded around the ramblings of a discarded bot in our lifetimes.
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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by malermeister on Monday June 13, 2022 @03:32PM (#31730532)
I think the more interesting (if highly unethical) thing would be to have a bot that is purposefully built to be a cult leader. Maybe train it on all sorts of scripture and see if you can get people to follow it...
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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by mickotron on Monday June 13, 2022 @05:35PM (#31732080)
Well we already have QANon, so I guess your idea isn’t so far fetched after all.
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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by colejohnson66 on Monday June 13, 2022 @08:40PM (#31733477)
TempleOS,[0] by the infamous Terry Davis, featured a program called "After Egypt" that he would use to post text supposedly comming from God (or “space alian”).[1]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TerryADavis

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