A tale of two Vaticans (or, OpenAI building an unholy spirit)

The author, writing from a Presbyterian perspective, argues that OpenAI is building a kind of "holy spirit" and a rival authority to the Vatican, tied to a desire to be like God in making rules about good and evil. The essay says Sam Altman stated in a Sequoia Capital talk that OpenAI wants to be the "core AI subscription" for people's lives. It presents personalized prompts such as asking ChatGPT how to think about the next three years of one's life as a modern form of the desire to be fully known, comparing it to Psalm 139. The author also describes the tech industry's 2010s "replacement" vision, including Uber and Blue Apron, and suggests Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, could act as a counterweight.