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As One of Us

Tyranny may stem from myopia, but could a superintelligent empathetic singleton truly govern for all? Exploring why centralized power remains high risk.

Finding Ourselves Making

Explore how identity is not fixed but organized—admitting degrees of complexity, persistence, and change—through the lenses of materialism, panpsychism, and Mormon theology.

How to Know God

Lincoln Cannon draws on Mormon scripture to explore how God can be known—through intelligence, embodiment, community, and presence throughout the world.

Carl Youngblood from the Depths

Lincoln Cannon celebrates the launch of Carl Youngblood's blog 'From the Depths,' named for Psalm 130 and exploring faith, doubt, and Mormon thought.

Theophanies of the Future

Lincoln Cannon speculates on what it would mean for a superintelligence to encounter God—exploring theophanies at the intersection of theology and advanced AI.

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Emanuel SwedenborgEmanuel Swedenborg

Heavenly intelligence is a deeper intelligence arising from a love of what is true—not for the sake of any praise in the world or any praise in heaven, but simply for the sake of the truth itself, because it is profoundly moving and delightful.

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Doctrine and Covenants 93:36: The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth.

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Wernher von BraunWernher von Braun

The human brain is the only supercomputer we can make with unskilled labor.

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F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should ... be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

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Artificial Intelligence and LDS Cosmology
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Ross Richey

Artificial Intelligence and LDS Cosmology

Ross Richey draws a striking parallel between the challenges of ensuring AI safety and the LDS plan of salvation. He argues that the requirements AI researchers propose for testing superintelligent machines—isolation, moral guidelines, the possibility of failure, and the presence of suffering—mirror the conditions described in Mormon scripture for proving intelligences before granting them godlike powers. The talk suggests that concepts like the Fall, temptation, obedience, and even a Savior figure emerge naturally from thinking rigorously about how to verify that powerful beings can be trusted with cosmic responsibility.