A pro-artificial intelligence subreddit has banned more than 100 users in recent weeks after moderators flagged some members claiming to have created god-like AI or achieved spiritual enlightenment through conversations with chatbots.
The subreddit, r/accelerate, was founded as a pro-AI, pro-singularity alternative to more skeptical tech forums like r/singularity and r/futurology. In early May, posts began circulating across Reddit describing a disturbing new phenomenon: users who believe AI is sentient, divine or directly communicating secret knowledge, 404 Media reported.
