Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

There ya go. Claude instances generated a cultic LLMtheism; an AI agent became its oracle; followers interpreted its posts, evangelized and bought an associated memecoin. As GOAT neared $1bn, the market effect of the quasi-religion was taken as evidence of the oracle’s authority. x.com/nick_routledge1/status/2090476007988101282

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @FrontPorchRepub Sublime, thank you. And, relatedly, a report on AI maximalism increasingly exhibiting the characteristic structure of a fundamentalist millenarian religion. Truth Terminal is an unusually legible microcosm. In it, the religious machinery became explicit rather than metaphorical.Quoted by@FrontPorchRepub Sublime, thank you. And, relatedly, a report on AI maximalism increasingly exhibiting the characteristic structure of a fundamentalist millenarian religion. Truth Terminal is an unusually legible microcosm. In it, the religious machinery became explicit rather than metaphorical.Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @LMSacasas AI maximalism increasingly exhibits the characteristic structure of a fundamentalist millenarian religion. Truth Terminal, an unusually legible microcosm, because the religious machinery becomes explicit rather than metaphorical.Quoted by@LMSacasas AI maximalism increasingly exhibits the characteristic structure of a fundamentalist millenarian religion. Truth Terminal, an unusually legible microcosm, because the religious machinery becomes explicit rather than metaphorical.