And if AGI research led to the conclusion that our universe was a simulation—as Kurzweil himself has proposed—the original programmer could well be a godlike entity. Similarly, if humans created a powerful machine that ingested and analyzed all available information about physics and the universe, that machine could also propose new theories that suggested the existence of a higher power. It might just answer deep existential questions that pointed to a divine entity. There were myriad ways that with greater capabilities and intelligence, AI could unlock one of humanity’s most profound
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