Exactly. The second coming of Christ would be a very good case.

Why people want to believe Altman is good is about the same reason people want to believe in the second coming.

I’m really struggling to see how Christian apocalyptic ideas are even remotely relevant.

We used to be capable of so much.

	▲	hx8 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So much of the AI Hype is religion encoded. It's relevant because the AI companies are invoking the ideas. If you go around telling people that AI is going to cure cancer, bring about global prosperity, and give you an uploaded immortality then you cannot be surprised when some people start thinking of it similarly to the second coming.