The Wall Street Journal

Faith, freedom and the long thread of technology

Faith, freedom and the long thread of technology
AI will soon create a world in which 'intelligence is a commodity'. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Gerard BakerThe tension between science and religion has, in some ways, defined human progress. The steady accumulation of scientific knowledge over millennia has challenged, undermined and, for many, extinguished the idea of some divine infinite creator, a spiritual superhuman that commands our universe.In this commonly shared view of history as a continuous progression through ascending levels of intelligence, magic gave way to religious belief, which gave way to the scientific method and empiricism. Renewed religious interestMys...

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