Elizabeth Oldfield argues that robots would make terrible gods in this video for BBC Ideas. 19/02/2019

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Robots would make terrible gods.

Elizabeth Oldfield responds to the idea that humans might start worshipping artificial intelligence in the near future, following the ‘singularity’ – the moment when artificial intelligence becomes self–conscious. She proposes that we take a second look at the so–called ‘old religions.’