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Jiang uses this phrase for artificial intelligence as the successor organizing authority once money no longer secures obedience.
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new God
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Jiang says elites are investing in artificial intelligence because when the money system breaks they will need a new god that can still control perception and direct human attention.
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"It's about, like, you know, like, your life is... A set economic unit. If you die, then that's a downgrade of GDP, okay? So,..."
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"The point is that once money is gone, you need a new God to replace money. And that has to be artificial intelligence, a..."
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"...And there are higher gods. All right? So, these are maybe new gods. But then you have the old gods. All right? And so,..."
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"...and they're supposed to swear loyalty to a new faith, a new God. But what they're doing in the ceremony is swearing loyalty to..."
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"...come together, they create all possible life, including their children, the new gods. Tiamat and Apsu create these new gods, but they're children, so..."
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"Their new god was reason. Okay? Another idea I want you to remember is that mythologies are prophecies, and prophecies are plans of action...."
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"...it. So what this is saying is that we have a new God. It's a nation state. France becomes the first nation state. And..."
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"...also interact with other gods. Or this one God would create new gods. But the idea of monotheism is there's only one God and..."
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"...say to him, you are a young god. You are a new god. We are the old gods. We are much older than you..."
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"...ends with the Furies, the old gods, giving way to the new gods who bring justice into the world. Okay? The Oedipus trilogy ends..."
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