Putting God in the Machine: AI as the next tool for coordinating strangers
imrsn · reddit · 2026-09-25
A Medium essay argues that God was historically one of our best tools for coordinating people we couldn't know, and AI is becoming the next version of that tool. The author contends that society should decide what AI speaks for before someone else does—an AI-and-society reflection piece aimed at provoking discussion about narrative power and machine-mediated coordination.
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