Clever, entertaining, modern take on the second coming—but sadly, I fear the digital space and AI seem more akin to the dark machinations and vision of The Adversary, what with pornography, lies, narcissism, and all the other foibles of man on display and relentlessly encouraged in predatory algorithms.
Yes, I agree with you, the digital space seems increasingly more like the visions of the adversary. I wrote a different short story about that which seems more akin to current reality here: https://clintavo.substack.com/p/your-precious
I wrote this one when AI first appeared and finally polished it up a bit. But maybe we just need Juan Batista to show up and fix the current AIs. ..
This story is more of a tongue-in-cheek prediction that within this few years we're going to see an actual religion form that worships AI.
Clever, entertaining, modern take on the second coming—but sadly, I fear the digital space and AI seem more akin to the dark machinations and vision of The Adversary, what with pornography, lies, narcissism, and all the other foibles of man on display and relentlessly encouraged in predatory algorithms.
Yes, I agree with you, the digital space seems increasingly more like the visions of the adversary. I wrote a different short story about that which seems more akin to current reality here: https://clintavo.substack.com/p/your-precious
I wrote this one when AI first appeared and finally polished it up a bit. But maybe we just need Juan Batista to show up and fix the current AIs. ..
This story is more of a tongue-in-cheek prediction that within this few years we're going to see an actual religion form that worships AI.
Great story, Clint. You might find this related video interesting, or just the ramblings of a crazy dude :) https://youtu.be/YurjX7e17wI?si=2CrkskAq2rkOPxRy