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The Next Big Idea · 2026-06-25 · 56 min · 9,302 words

THE GOD TEST (Part 1): Are You Ready for Superintelligence?

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You go presumably by Rufus and no shorter version of that? That's right. I get Roof, Roofy Baby, but I'd say Rufus. Okay, I'll go with Roofy Baby then. Yeah.

The core will then be more tangible for people. Perhaps. I'm Rufus Griscom and this is the next big idea. Today, what will happen when humanity creates intelligence greater than itself? God created man in his image, so we are told in Genesis.

Does that explain the peculiar mix of strengths and weaknesses we see in our all-too human species? I'm not so sure. Here's another possibility offered by my guest today. Perhaps we are now creating God in our image. We're building an intelligence greater than our own in the form of AI, and its personality is already showing signs of resembling ours.

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