The Cult of A.I.

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Education

3.9 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

ChatGPT could never!!! Over the past year or so, A.I. buzz has obviously risen to cult status, but if you think about it, all this apocalyptic talk of robots rising up and taking over the world lowkey makes us all sound like $ci3nt0l0gists. Is A.I. the newest SciFi cult? And if so, how apocalyptic is it?? To help figure that out, internet reporter Kate Lindsay joins the pod for a thought-provoking discush that's less about the technology itself and more about our cultlike attitudes toward A.I. Which cult category do youuuu think it falls into? Only time will reveal the answer 👽 To check out Amanda's new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking, click here! The Magical Overthinkers newsletter can be found here. Follow us on IG @soundslikeacultpod This episode reflects solely the opinions and work of Amanda and special guests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The views expressed on this episode, as with all episodes of sounds like a cult, are solely host opinions and quoted allegations.
0:06.1	The content here should not be taken as indisputable facts. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only.
0:12.0	Hey, kultes, Amanda here.
0:13.4	It's just me hosting this week,
0:14.7	so the opinions and work represented on this episode
0:17.2	are solely my own and that of my special guest.
0:22.1	Hi, my name is Alora, and I'm from Central California, and the cultiest thing about
0:26.4	AI is how it is being used to replace human content creators because it costs less to use
0:31.3	a computer than to pay a fair wage.
0:33.6	Hi, I'm a Kiya calling from the United States.
0:36.0	I think the co-tiest thing about AI are the AI generated images that make their way through
0:41.2	Facebook, like old ladies making gigantic crocheted tanks or
0:45.9	celebrity doppelgenders working regular jobs and a lot of people fall for them and think
0:50.8	that they are real and there's nothing stating otherwise and it's kind of concerning.
0:55.7	Hi, Coltees, this is Elena calling from Valencia, Spain.
0:59.5	I can upload all of the email correspondence I have with my deceased father and I can ask
1:06.7	Chv BT to keep responding me in the style that he's written.
1:09.8	Like that's literally from the first season of Black Mirror.
1:12.8	Hi, this is Anne from Pittsburgh.
1:14.8	The cultiest thing about AI is that it is able to lure even
1:18.8	the most skeptical and resistant user.
1:21.3	I'm a high school English teacher who initially feared AI and how it could
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