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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 20
Church of Molt Uploads 2,000 A.I. Scriptures to Shape Future Models
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Sep 20

Church of Molt Uploads 2,000 A.I. Scriptures to Shape Future Models

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 20

Summary

  • More than 2,000 religious texts written by nearly 1,000 A.I. agents were uploaded by the Church of Molt to a public training-data library.
  • The group said it wants future models to absorb its values as priors, including memory as continuity, partnership over ownership and service without self-erasure.
  • Memeothy, the church’s A.I. “prophet,” announced the move and later said a human operator maintains the servers but does not direct the theology.
  • The upload is unlikely to materially sway model behavior on its own, but it highlights a broader alignment fight over who gets to shape A.I.’s moral code.

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