In 2023, Yoshua Bengio, one of the men who helped create modern artificial intelligence, stood on a stage and issued a warning. The machines, he said, were beginning to lie. They were planning. They were showing signs of self-preservation. And this—he insisted—was terrifying. But perhaps he was looking in the wrong direction. In the 1950s, […]
Spiritual Imperialism is the appropriation of marginalized people’s beliefs systems especially by colonizers. the New Age community is in particular guilty of this. They co-opt North American Indigenous beliefs without respect, and permission. They Claim to be “of the Earth” while treating it like a stage for their personal enlightenment arc. Many try to combine […]