I'm currently reading Webb Keanes' Animals, Robots, Gods. In one section, he tells of a Pastor reflecting on the moment he first commanded Amazon Alexa to switch on his lights.“Until now, only God could do that".The phrase, “Let there be light,” once reserved for divine fiat, now uttered casually to a voice assistant becomes a site of moral ambiguity. In that instant, the pastor confronts a subtle but profound shift: the authority to summon light has moved from the sacred to the syn...
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