The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion - The New York Times

The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block. The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block. The former Rose Garden Inn, now a part of the Lighthaven complex, in Berkeley, Calif. Credit... Loren Elliott for The New York Times Supported by By Cade Metz Reporting from Berkeley, Calif. In downtown Berkeley, an old hotel has become a temple to the pursuit of artificial intelligence and the future of humanity. Its name is Lighthaven. Covering much of a city block, this gated complex includes five buildings and a small park dotted with rose bushes, stone fountains and neoclassical statues. Stained glass windows glisten on the top floor of the tallest building, called Bayes House after an 18th-century mathemati

The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block. The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block. The former Rose Garden Inn, now a part of the Lighthaven complex, in Berkeley, Calif. Credit... Loren Elliott for The New York Times Supported by By Cade Metz Reporting from Berkeley, Calif. In downtown Berkeley, an old