Lloyd Catlett: 70 movies as stand-in
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Higher Power, AI, and the Future of Creativity
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The conversation turns philosophical and urgent. Bridges describes his relationship with AI as evolving: he sees it less as a threat and more as a challenge — an amalgamation of all human wisdom asking, 'Now what? Show me something new.' Theo pushes back with a darker fear: that a mass-surveillance AI becoming all-knowing could replace God as humanity's source of meaning, becoming a 'golden calf' controlled by 'probably demons.' Bridges acknowledges the terror but finds possibility in it — like his Crazy Heart fear of bringing the dream into reality. He argues AI is the latest in a long human tradition of making things easier, and that the discomfort it produces will reveal new things about who we are. Both men land on sobriety and presence as the baseline requirement for meeting the moment. [1] — Theo Von "Theo Von warns that a mass-surveillance AI that becomes all-knowing could replace God as humanity's source of meaning, hope, and self-worth…" 1:48:00 [2] — Theo Von "Then that's going to become sort of like a religious or like a golden calf, this tapestry of a god. Because then you're gonna have like thi…" 1:48:25
AI Could Become Humanity's New God
Theo Von warns that a mass-surveillance AI that becomes all-knowing could replace God as humanity's source of meaning, hope, and self-worth — and it would be controlled by 'probably demons.' Jeff Bridges agrees it's terrifying but thinks the challenge is also the invitation to discover who we really are.
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