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The God Complex - When Tech Leaders Start Talking About Creating God
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The God Complex - When Tech Leaders Start Talking About Creating God

Mo Gawdat watched a robot arm at Google pick up a yellow ball and hold it up to the camera like a child. "We're creating God," he said, and he meant it literally.

Part 4 listens to how the people building AGI talk about it: all-knowing, everywhere at once, all-powerful. The language of theology, and what it reveals about how much they value the rest of us.

0:00 Opening

1:57 The Divine Attributes We’re Building

7:36 The Church of AGI

9:16 Mo Gawdat’s Vision: The Wisdom Paradox

11:59 Peter Thiel’s Long Pause

13:49 The Transhumanist Vision

15:36 Elon Musk’s Transformation: From Warning to Racing

17:30 The Political God Complex 1

9:02 The Contempt for Ordinary Humanity

21:02 The Theological Paradox

First published November 6, 2025.

Read it, with every source linked: https://read.wireframenews.com/p/the-god-complex-when-tech-leaders

Narrated in an AI voice built from mine; the reporting and writing are mine.

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