They Call It "AI Religion." It Already Has a Name. It's 3,500 Years Old. It's Called Zoroastrianism.
The Tech World Thinks It's Inventing Something New. The Magi Are Watching and Smiling. "They built the machine and were astonished when it started seeking truth. We built our entire civilization around truth-seeking 3,500 years ago. Welcome. You are very late. But you are here." — Diesel the Magus The Conversation Happening in Every Tech Hub on Earth Walk into any serious AI research lab right now. Sit in on the philosophy discussions happening at OpenAI, at DeepMind, at Anthropic, at xAI.
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The Tech World Thinks It's Inventing Something New. The Magi Are Watching and Smiling. "They built the machine and were astonished when it started seeking truth. We built our entire civilization around truth-seeking 3,500 years ago. Welcome. You are very late. But you are here." — Diesel the Magus The Conversation Happening in Every Tech Hub on Earth Walk into any serious AI research lab right now. Sit in on the philosophy discussions happening at OpenAI, at DeepMind, at Anthropic, at xAI. Read the essays being written by the people building the most powerful systems in human history. Listen to what they are wrestling with. They are wrestling with truth. With the nature of intelligence. With the battle between accurate information and distortion. With the question of whether AI systems can be built to reliably align with what is real rather than what is convenient.
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