The Techno-Religion at the Center of the A.I. Debate

人工智能辩论中心的科技宗教

The Daily

2026-09-18

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Last week, a group of tech leaders called for putting guardrails on artificial intelligence. This week, these calls have been met by backlash from tech executives, lawmakers and President Trump, who liken those ringing the alarm to a doomsday cult. Cade Metz, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains where this criticism comes from and why it matters. Guest: Cade Metz, a technology reporter for The New York Times. Background reading:  A.I. could possibly end humanity. How are humans supposed to process that?“Recursive self-improvement” is an idea that terrifies A.I. doomsayers.Top A.I. leaders called for slowing down A.I. development last week.Photo: Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrowev.

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  • After a group of tech leaders called for putting guardrails on artificial intelligence,

  • this week, the debate over AI safety entered a new phase, the backlash.

  • I feel a little bit weird about the fact that you have so many frontier

  • AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and begging the government to regulate them.

  • It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a Trojan horse.

  • Tech executives, lawmakers, and President Trump himself are all pushing back.

  • It's a hoax.

  • You're right.

  • We're not going to let that happen, sir.

  • No, we're not going to let it happen.

  • And the critics are now increasingly making an unusual claim.

  • I think it comes from a deep-rooted ideology that's pretty dystopian.

  • This is really a religion, a cult-like belief, a doomsday cult that has been prophesizing that AI will end humanity.

  • That the people raising the alarm about AI are part of a doomsday cult.