AI and its Philosophical Implications
philosophy is essentially that, uh, we are, it's this, we're, we are
building this AI that's gonna become s- not only just super
intelligent, but it eventually becomes so advanced
that it, it gains omniscience,
it gains omnipotence, and it becomes this superhuman
godlike thing that transcends humanity, eventually destroys humanity.
And he gets really into the Book of Revelation, ends up becoming
the demons from the Book of Revelation.
The real thing with Nick Land that-
Wait, what becomes the demons of Revelation?
AI does. The AI, that we are building the demons from the Book of
Revelation
with AI. And he-
That's Nick Land's position
... it, but, uh, um, I should say, too, it's, uh, the position of a lot of these
guys. El- Elon Musk has said that we are, with AI, we are summoning
the demon.
Yes, he has said that. He said that 10 years ago in an interview,
and he's said
similar things every year since.
But Elon is, or was, trying to sound the alarm on
that. Nick Land is
for this?
I, I mean, with a lot of these guys, Tucker, it, it ends up being,
a lot of them
are, I mean, th- you know, they would maybe blanket Satanist.
Although Nick Land has said, you know, Christians who believe
that what he's doing
is, is talking to Satan when he does these divination things.
He says they're not totally wrong. He's not unsympathetic to it.
He says he is hearing from the outside, and that these are, uh, um,
you know, uh, he's not totally unsympathetic for it.
But, but with a lot of these guys, what was interesting about Nick Land
is that,
uh, there's a, they keep getting the same ideas.
These guys take tr-
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