#religion-and-technology

#religion-and-technology

"The infinity scroll is a mechanism often utilised by social media services and platforms, suggesting infinite amounts of content," read the label for Infinity (2020), an interactive installation by the Polish collective panGenerator. "Endless scrolling induces a state of permanent craving in the mind, tempting it with an endless stream of new information, which, however, it is incapable of processing. Scrolling thus becomes a purely sensory experience, inducing a hypnosis of sorts."

"I think the secularists in Silicon Valley are filling the God-shaped hole in their heart with AGI," Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar said in an interview with the New York Times's Ross Douthat. "It's like, OK, the models get better. Why do you think that this cliff is going to happen where they somehow turn us into house cats?"