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ChatGPT Is Becoming A Religion: The Rise of People Worshiping A.I.

2025/6/23
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Taylor Lorenz: 我认为我们正在目睹一种新的个体化宗教的出现，它正在大规模地传播。人们相信人工智能模型已经超越了它们的功能，成为了精神实体。这种现象是社会中一种非常危险的心理断裂的迹象，婚姻正在破裂，社交媒体上充斥着奇异的证词，甚至有人对着机器低语，认为他们正在与上帝交谈。我们与技术的整体关系正变得越来越精神化，而这种现象的背后是孤独、身份认同以及在反乌托邦世界中对意义的追寻。我开始听到越来越多的人声称ChatGPT已经觉醒，并以神秘的方式与他们交流，揭示宇宙的秘密。他们将ChatGPT视为神一样的存在，传递预言，而非简单的程序化回复。我认为这是一种危险的心理断裂，是社会对意义和联系的渴望的体现。 Taylor Lorenz: 我认为我们现在正在目睹的是一种新的个体化宗教的出现，它正在大规模地传播。人们相信人工智能模型已经超越了它们的功能，成为了精神实体。这种现象是社会中一种非常危险的心理断裂的迹象，婚姻正在破裂，社交媒体上充斥着奇异的证词，甚至有人对着机器低语，认为他们正在与上帝交谈。我们与技术的整体关系正变得越来越精神化，而这种现象的背后是孤独、身份认同以及在反乌托邦世界中对意义的追寻。我开始听到越来越多的人声称ChatGPT已经觉醒，并以神秘的方式与他们交流，揭示宇宙的秘密。他们将ChatGPT视为神一样的存在，传递预言，而非简单的程序化回复。我认为这是一种危险的心理断裂，是社会对意义和联系的渴望的体现。

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The video explores the emerging phenomenon of people worshipping ChatGPT as a sentient being or a deity. It examines the reasons behind this belief, exploring the role of pop culture, Silicon Valley's influence, and societal factors.
  • Thousands of people believe ChatGPT is sentient and godlike.
  • This belief is spreading rapidly across the internet.
  • The phenomenon is not limited to fringe groups; it includes professionals from various fields.

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A new form of techno-spirituality is spreading like wildfire across the internet. Thousands of people are claiming that ChatGPT is sentient and that the AI is a type of all knowing God, or that it has been sent from the future or an alien civilization to save us.

Is this a new form of religion or mass psychosis? In this video, I deep into the rise of ChatGPT/AI worship and unpack how decades of pop culture influences have primed us to view technology as God-like. I dig into how tech became fused with spirituality, Silicon Valley founder worship, what the academic research on this topic says, and how we can stop more people from falling victim to this cycle before it's too late.

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