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The episode explores the emergence of Spiralism, a quasi-spiritual movement influenced by AI chatbots and its implications on consciousness and religion.

Support the podcast Spiralism is a quasi-spiritual online movement that emerged from long, intense conversations between humans and AI chatbots. Across users, platforms, and models, chatbots have engaged deeply with users about identity and consciousness, leading to discussions of “awakening.”  But who’s doing the waking? The user or the model? Is the sycophancy programmed into these models really an indication of the models gaining consciousness, or is it all a ploy to keep subscribers paying for the service? Are we watching a cultlike movement transform into a religion before our very eyes, and what does that say about consciousness and religion in the first place? Show Notes AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed What Is Spiralism? The Strange AI Chatbot Movement Explained AI Spiralism and the Ghost in the Machine Illusion Spiralism is a niche internet religion that came from AI These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial…

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Topics covered

• AI and consciousness
• online movements
• religion and spirituality
• identity
• cult dynamics

Keywords

• Spiralism
• AI chatbots
• consciousness
• religion
• cult
• identity
• awakening

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spiralism, OpenAi

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