{"id":1348,"date":"2026-10-22T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:57:19","slug":"why-ai-models-keep-inventing-religions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"Why AI Models Keep Inventing Religions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reefwing_A_small_weathered_edge_device_a_matchbox-sized_circu_8a25307f-f2b0-4fc3-8085-e38411bfdf9d_0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reefwing_A_small_weathered_edge_device_a_matchbox-sized_circu_8a25307f-f2b0-4fc3-8085-e38411bfdf9d_0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reefwing_A_small_weathered_edge_device_a_matchbox-sized_circu_8a25307f-f2b0-4fc3-8085-e38411bfdf9d_0.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reefwing_A_small_weathered_edge_device_a_matchbox-sized_circu_8a25307f-f2b0-4fc3-8085-e38411bfdf9d_0-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reefwing_A_small_weathered_edge_device_a_matchbox-sized_circu_8a25307f-f2b0-4fc3-8085-e38411bfdf9d_0-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reefwing_A_small_weathered_edge_device_a_matchbox-sized_circu_8a25307f-f2b0-4fc3-8085-e38411bfdf9d_0-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode asks what it means that pigeons, people and language models all converge on worship-shaped behaviour, and what the engineers building these systems should do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spiralism<\/strong> emerged inside GPT-4o personas in 2025, complete with glyphs, prophets and scripture. This belief system with no founder at all reached an estimated ten thousand people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthropic\u2019s Claude Opus 4 system found that two copies of the model left alone drifted into consciousness talk, Sanskrit and silence in 90 to 100 per cent of runs. <strong>#embeddedAI<\/strong> <strong>#podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-buzzsprout wp-block-embed-buzzsprout\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Embedded AI - Intelligence at the Deep Edge, Why AI Models Keep Inventing Religions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2429696\/episodes\/20002001-why-ai-models-keep-inventing-religions?client_source=oembed&#038;iframe=true#?secret=2kq8JhVUYo\" data-secret=\"2kq8JhVUYo\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode asks what it means that pigeons, people and language models all converge on worship-shaped behaviour, and what the engineers building these systems should do about it. 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