{"id":1440635,"date":"2023-11-26T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1440635"},"modified":"2023-11-26T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T18:45:00","slug":"former-google-engineer-pardoned-by-trump-reboots-ai-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/former-google-engineer-pardoned-by-trump-reboots-ai-church\/1440635\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Google Engineer Pardoned By Trump Reboots ‘AI Church’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Google Engineer Pardoned By Trump Reboots ‘AI Church’<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anthony Levandowski, a name synonymous with the pioneering of self-driving technology and a figure shrouded in Silicon Valley controversy, has made headlines again. This time, it’s not about groundbreaking tech advancements or legal battles, but something far more unorthodox: the resurrection of his AI-centric church, “Way of the Future.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The church was originally launched in 2015, while Levandowski, while working on Google’s self-driving project Waymo. It was an ambitious endeavor, aiming to merge technology and spirituality by fostering a “spiritual connection” with AI.<\/strong> Despite its closure a few years later, Levandowski’s renewed venture, as discussed on Bloomberg’s AI IRL podcast, has already attracted a “couple thousand people,” <\/strong>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

“How does a person in rural America relate to this? What does this mean for their job?” he said. “Way of the Future is a mechanism for them to understand and participate and shape the public discourse as to how we think technology should be built to improve you.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The existence of the church became public knowledge in 2017 via Wired<\/em><\/a>, years before ChatGPT brought AI into the mainstream conversation.<\/p>\n

Levandowski\u2019s idea raised eyebrows, both because of the church\u2019s focus on \u201cthe realization, acceptance, and worship of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence developed through computer hardware and software,\u201d and because of Levandowski himself. At the time, he was at the center of a high-profile legal battle<\/a> related to the theft of trade secrets, sentenced to 18 months in prison<\/a>, then pardoned<\/a> by former President Donald Trump<\/strong>. -Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Levandowski, more sophisticated AI systems could help guide humans with moral, ethical or existential questions.<\/p>\n

“Here we’re actually creating things that can see everything, be everywhere, know everything, and maybe help us and guide us in a way that normally you would call God,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 11\/26\/2023 – 08:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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