In Algorithms We Trust: Magical Thinking, Superin℡ligent Ai and Quantum Computing
This article analyzes current attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing and argues that they represent a modern-day form of magical thinking. It proposes that AI and quantum computing are thus excellent examples of the ways that traditional distinctions between religion, sc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Zygon
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 733-747 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Quantentechnologie
/ Artificial intelligence
/ Magical thinking
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Technology B Artificial Intelligence B quantum computing B Magic |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article analyzes current attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing and argues that they represent a modern-day form of magical thinking. It proposes that AI and quantum computing are thus excellent examples of the ways that traditional distinctions between religion, science, and magic fail to account for the vibrancy and energy that surround modern technologies. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12637 |
