Okay, so Joe Rogan probably doesn’t actually read my blog. But I’ve been saying for several years that it’s just a matter of time before someone predicts that Jesus will return as AI. I said so in this blog last year. And now Mr. Rogan (whom I confess that I do not follow) has attempted to break the Internet by fulfilling my prophecy.

Of course, lots of people object to what he’s said. But as far as I can tell, Mr. Rogan has made a career out of saying outrageous things — I’m not sure he cares whether people believe it’s possible if Jesus could return to Earth, descending from a cloud server array or a cloud with a silver lining. The thing is, people will believe that whether or not it’s true and whether or not he says it. The number of people who will start looking for Jesus in their personal access to AI is only going to increase.

Let’s be fair, however: if gods can talk to people through toast, then certainly gods can talk through AI! We don’t know whether any of our gods are real, and so we cannot really know whether any human being has privileged access to one or more. And we can’t really know whether the gods speak to us through computers. But if the gods are real, I suppose they can talk through computers or take on robot bodies. It’s going to be quite some trick to figure out whether to listen to them or to Joe Rogan.