From electricity to cyberspace, every wave of new technology has inspired spiritual metaphor and mystical behavior. AI is no exception. Movements like e/acc reflect a familiar pattern of new technologies spawning quasi-religious ideologies.

But unlike any time in history, we now have a technology that talks back. As recent cases of LLM-induced spiritual psychosis suggest, we are entering a dangerous territory where our personal delusions can become our own personal realities.

NEW ESSAY UP NOW

From electricity to cyberspace, every wave of new technology has inspired spiritual metaphor and mystical behavior. AI is no exception. Movements like e/acc reflect a familiar pattern of new technologies spawning quasi-religious ideologies.

But unlike any time in history, we now have a technology that talks back. As recent cases of LLM-induced spiritual psychosis suggest, we are entering a dangerous territory where our personal delusions can become our own personal realities.

NEW ESSAY UP NOW

https://terrraincognita.substack.com/p/god-in-the-machine-notes-on-techno