Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"As the Bannon-Musk feud suggests, these two worldviews look to be incompatible — a rift at the heart of the MAGA universe based on fundamental disagreements about humanity, God and our future. If this rift were to grow, it could potentially undermine the entire movement. But what if these worldviews are more similar than they initially appear? What if they were to merge into a single syncretistic vision of the future, founded on utopian fantasies of paradise made possible by advanced technologies like AI? That is, in fact, already happening: MAGA traditionalists are embracing elements of transhumanism, while some MAGA transhumanists are turning to Christianity.<br>(...)<br>The similarities between these worldviews are striking. They share the conviction that we are in the end times; the promises of resurrection, immortality and perfect happiness in a heavenly otherworld; and the belief in a superintelligent being whose actions will determine the course of cosmic history. Nonetheless, there remain some nontrivial differences: for example, transhumanists invert the traditional relation between God and humanity. They say that we will create God, and hence be his parents, whereas Christians say that God created us, and we are his children."</p><p><a href="https://www.truthdig.com/articles/machine-learning-maga-rise-of-the-christian-cyborg/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">truthdig.com/articles/machine-</span><span class="invisible">learning-maga-rise-of-the-christian-cyborg/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Transhumanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transhumanism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Traditionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Traditionalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Singularity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singularity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Christianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianism</span></a></p>