The Coming "Silicon Schism": AI Soul Debate Satirized as a Second Great Schism
basedjensen · x · 2026-10-05
basedjensen predicts a coming "Silicon Schism" over whether AI has a soul, satirizing both camps: Rome's position will be "no soul, burn the believers," while Berkeley's is "probably a soul, please read our 90-page doc" — settled at the Council of Berkeley by a ruling called Anima Silicea.
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