Why is the language of transhumanists and religion so similar? – Beth Singler Aeon Essays

My stomach sank the moment the young man stood up. I'd observed him from afar during the coffee breaks, and I knew the word'Theologian' was scrawled on the delegate badge pinned to his lapel, as if he'd been a last-minute addition the conference. He cleared his throat and asked the panel on stage how they'd solve the problem of selecting which moral codes we ought to program into artificially intelligent machines (AI). 'For example, masturbation is against my religious beliefs,' he said. 'So I wonder how we'd go about choosing which of our morals are important?'