"Writing Software, Or Midwifing a Deity?"

https://drewdickens.substack.com/ Venture capitalist Bill Gurley says "Anthropic isn't writing software, they're midwifing a deity." Is he right? This episode traces the surprising parallel between AI's Recursive Self-Improvement and Christian sanctification, and reveals why this point is both where the analogy breaks down and where the gospel gets most interesting. https://drewdickens.substack.com/

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