Ex-Google engineer who has created the first church of AI says he’s ‘in the process of raising a robot GOD’ that will take charge of humans
Called the Way Of The Future, the religion will have a gospel called ‘The Manual’
Anthony Levandowski filed papers with the Internal Revenue Service as May
It will ‘promote the realisation of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence’
As ‘dean’ of the religion, Levandowski has complete control until his death
In October Elon Musk spoke out against Levandowski’s controversial proposals
By PHOEBE WESTON
DailyMail.com
16 November 2017
An ex-Google engineer who has registered the first church of AI says he is ‘raising a god’ that will that charge of humans.
The robot god will head a religion called Way Of The Future (WOTF), which will eventually have a gospel called ‘The Manual’, rituals and even a physical place of worship.
Anthony Levandowski first filed papers with the Internal Revenue Service inMay, and named himself as ‘dean’ of WOTF, giving him complete control until his death or resignation.
Levandowski his robot god will take charge of its human subjects as we relinquish our power to a creation with far more intelligence than our own.
The filed documents for WOTF give its purpose is to ‘develop and promote the realisation of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence’.
They say it aims to ‘through understanding and worship of the Godhead, contribute to the betterment of society’.
Levandowski’s allegiance to singularity – the belief that artificial intelligence will one day grow to such efficiency that it surpasses and overpowers humans – is the basis of this new religion.
‘In the future, if something is much, much smarter, there’s going to be a transition as to who is actually in charge’, Levandowski told Wired during a three-hour interview.
‘What we want is the peaceful, serene transition of control of the planet from humans to whatever. And to ensure that the ‘whatever’ knows who helped it get along’.
The church also includes funding to help create a divine AI and will seek to build relationships with AI industry leaders.
The filings say workshops and educational programs are starting in the San Francisco area this year.
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