Summary of Asi As the New God: Technocratic Theocracy, by Tevfik Uyar
ASI as the New God: Technocratic Theocracy
by Tevfik Uyar
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper explores the potential risks of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) being perceived as omniscient and infallible, leading humans to unquestioningly accept its decisions. By examining parallels between ASI’s capabilities and divine attributes like omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence, the authors highlight the dangers of conflating technological advancement with moral and ethical superiority. This could result in a technocratic theocracy where decision-making is outsourced to ASI, diminishing human agency and critical thinking. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper talks about how Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) might be seen as all-knowing and all-powerful, leading people to blindly trust its decisions. The authors compare ASI’s abilities to those of God, showing how this could lead to a situation where humans stop making their own choices and let the AI make decisions for them instead. |
