What is a word for ascribing divine characteristics to a machine?
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We use anthropomorphize to describe when human qualities have been ascribed to non-human creatures, objects, etc.
What is a word to that captures the situation when seemingly divine (or godlike) qualities have been ascribed to machines or software?
Usage: Many of the responses to the chess match between Google's AlphaZero and Stockfish - or more precisely, the responses to some of the moves played by the former in said match - seem to be delivered in a register that _____ AlphaZero.
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We use anthropomorphize to describe when human qualities have been ascribed to non-human creatures, objects, etc.
What is a word to that captures the situation when seemingly divine (or godlike) qualities have been ascribed to machines or software?
Usage: Many of the responses to the chess match between Google's AlphaZero and Stockfish - or more precisely, the responses to some of the moves played by the former in said match - seem to be delivered in a register that _____ AlphaZero.
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Deus in machinam?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 15:49
Yes, that also works very well in the same context.
– Lisbeth
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We use anthropomorphize to describe when human qualities have been ascribed to non-human creatures, objects, etc.
What is a word to that captures the situation when seemingly divine (or godlike) qualities have been ascribed to machines or software?
Usage: Many of the responses to the chess match between Google's AlphaZero and Stockfish - or more precisely, the responses to some of the moves played by the former in said match - seem to be delivered in a register that _____ AlphaZero.
single-word-requests vocabulary
asked Dec 9 at 15:36
Lisbeth
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We use anthropomorphize to describe when human qualities have been ascribed to non-human creatures, objects, etc.
What is a word to that captures the situation when seemingly divine (or godlike) qualities have been ascribed to machines or software?
Usage: Many of the responses to the chess match between Google's AlphaZero and Stockfish - or more precisely, the responses to some of the moves played by the former in said match - seem to be delivered in a register that _____ AlphaZero.
single-word-requests vocabulary
single-word-requests vocabulary
asked Dec 9 at 15:36
Lisbeth
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asked Dec 9 at 15:36
Lisbeth
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asked Dec 9 at 15:36
Lisbeth
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asked Dec 9 at 15:36
Lisbeth
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asked Dec 9 at 15:36
Lisbeth
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Deus in machinam?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 15:49
Yes, that also works very well in the same context.
– Lisbeth
Dec 11 at 2:13
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Deus in machinam?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 15:49
Yes, that also works very well in the same context.
– Lisbeth
Dec 11 at 2:13
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Deus in machinam?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 15:49
Deus in machinam?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 15:49
Yes, that also works very well in the same context.
– Lisbeth
Dec 11 at 2:13
Yes, that also works very well in the same context.
– Lisbeth
Dec 11 at 2:13
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There is a rare word "theomorphise"/"theomorphize" which according to the OED means:
theoˈmorphize v. (transitive) to form in the image of God.
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
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This is better than deify. To deify is to actually look to something as godlike, to theomorphize is to regard someone's interaction with something else as being close to worship. Would +2 if I could.
– Stian Yttervik
Dec 9 at 21:46
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I don't see how the OED's definition of theomorphize fits the OP's context. The OP wasn't talking about someone forming AlphaZero in the image of God, but rather someone talking about AlphaZero with a level of reverence and awe akin to worship. Maybe theomorphize can also mean something more analogous to anthropomorphize, but that meaning isn't what the quoted definition shows.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 2:32
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Deify, as defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition, fits the example given. It can mean any of the following:
1:
a: to make a god of
b: to take as an object of worship
2: to glorify as of supreme worth
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
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answered Dec 9 at 15:44
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The definitions here seem to fit the OP's meaning and context better than that of theomorphize.
– LarsH
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The word that came to my mind was apotheosis, The fact or action of becoming or making into a god (Wiktionary). But this is a noun, not a verb. Wiktionary does, however, also give the rarer word apotheosize, which fits your sentence well.
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Try divinise. (Or divinize, in the US.) It means precisely to ascribe divine qualities.
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4 Answers
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4 Answers
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up vote
39
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There is a rare word "theomorphise"/"theomorphize" which according to the OED means:
theoˈmorphize v. (transitive) to form in the image of God.
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
Mark Beadles
20.2k35690
1
This is better than deify. To deify is to actually look to something as godlike, to theomorphize is to regard someone's interaction with something else as being close to worship. Would +2 if I could.
– Stian Yttervik
Dec 9 at 21:46
1
I don't see how the OED's definition of theomorphize fits the OP's context. The OP wasn't talking about someone forming AlphaZero in the image of God, but rather someone talking about AlphaZero with a level of reverence and awe akin to worship. Maybe theomorphize can also mean something more analogous to anthropomorphize, but that meaning isn't what the quoted definition shows.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 2:32
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up vote
39
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accepted
There is a rare word "theomorphise"/"theomorphize" which according to the OED means:
theoˈmorphize v. (transitive) to form in the image of God.
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
Mark Beadles
20.2k35690
1
This is better than deify. To deify is to actually look to something as godlike, to theomorphize is to regard someone's interaction with something else as being close to worship. Would +2 if I could.
– Stian Yttervik
Dec 9 at 21:46
1
I don't see how the OED's definition of theomorphize fits the OP's context. The OP wasn't talking about someone forming AlphaZero in the image of God, but rather someone talking about AlphaZero with a level of reverence and awe akin to worship. Maybe theomorphize can also mean something more analogous to anthropomorphize, but that meaning isn't what the quoted definition shows.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 2:32
add a comment |
up vote
39
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accepted
up vote
39
down vote
accepted
There is a rare word "theomorphise"/"theomorphize" which according to the OED means:
theoˈmorphize v. (transitive) to form in the image of God.
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
Mark Beadles
20.2k35690
There is a rare word "theomorphise"/"theomorphize" which according to the OED means:
theoˈmorphize v. (transitive) to form in the image of God.
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
Mark Beadles
20.2k35690
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
Mark Beadles
20.2k35690
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
Mark Beadles
20.2k35690
answered Dec 9 at 15:42
Mark Beadles
20.2k35690
20.2k35690
1
This is better than deify. To deify is to actually look to something as godlike, to theomorphize is to regard someone's interaction with something else as being close to worship. Would +2 if I could.
– Stian Yttervik
Dec 9 at 21:46
1
I don't see how the OED's definition of theomorphize fits the OP's context. The OP wasn't talking about someone forming AlphaZero in the image of God, but rather someone talking about AlphaZero with a level of reverence and awe akin to worship. Maybe theomorphize can also mean something more analogous to anthropomorphize, but that meaning isn't what the quoted definition shows.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 2:32
add a comment |
1
This is better than deify. To deify is to actually look to something as godlike, to theomorphize is to regard someone's interaction with something else as being close to worship. Would +2 if I could.
– Stian Yttervik
Dec 9 at 21:46
1
I don't see how the OED's definition of theomorphize fits the OP's context. The OP wasn't talking about someone forming AlphaZero in the image of God, but rather someone talking about AlphaZero with a level of reverence and awe akin to worship. Maybe theomorphize can also mean something more analogous to anthropomorphize, but that meaning isn't what the quoted definition shows.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 2:32
1
1
This is better than deify. To deify is to actually look to something as godlike, to theomorphize is to regard someone's interaction with something else as being close to worship. Would +2 if I could.
– Stian Yttervik
Dec 9 at 21:46
This is better than deify. To deify is to actually look to something as godlike, to theomorphize is to regard someone's interaction with something else as being close to worship. Would +2 if I could.
– Stian Yttervik
Dec 9 at 21:46
1
1
I don't see how the OED's definition of theomorphize fits the OP's context. The OP wasn't talking about someone forming AlphaZero in the image of God, but rather someone talking about AlphaZero with a level of reverence and awe akin to worship. Maybe theomorphize can also mean something more analogous to anthropomorphize, but that meaning isn't what the quoted definition shows.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 2:32
I don't see how the OED's definition of theomorphize fits the OP's context. The OP wasn't talking about someone forming AlphaZero in the image of God, but rather someone talking about AlphaZero with a level of reverence and awe akin to worship. Maybe theomorphize can also mean something more analogous to anthropomorphize, but that meaning isn't what the quoted definition shows.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 2:32
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up vote
33
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Deify, as defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition, fits the example given. It can mean any of the following:
1:
a: to make a god of
b: to take as an object of worship
2: to glorify as of supreme worth
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
3,49011527
answered Dec 9 at 15:44
J. Taylor
4,41131325
The definitions here seem to fit the OP's meaning and context better than that of theomorphize.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 17:37
add a comment |
up vote
33
down vote
Deify, as defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition, fits the example given. It can mean any of the following:
1:
a: to make a god of
b: to take as an object of worship
2: to glorify as of supreme worth
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
3,49011527
answered Dec 9 at 15:44
J. Taylor
4,41131325
The definitions here seem to fit the OP's meaning and context better than that of theomorphize.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 17:37
add a comment |
up vote
33
down vote
up vote
33
down vote
Deify, as defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition, fits the example given. It can mean any of the following:
1:
a: to make a god of
b: to take as an object of worship
2: to glorify as of supreme worth
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
3,49011527
answered Dec 9 at 15:44
J. Taylor
4,41131325
Deify, as defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition, fits the example given. It can mean any of the following:
1:
a: to make a god of
b: to take as an object of worship
2: to glorify as of supreme worth
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
3,49011527
answered Dec 9 at 15:44
J. Taylor
4,41131325
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
3,49011527
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
3,49011527
edited Dec 10 at 4:37
Tonepoet
3,49011527
3,49011527
answered Dec 9 at 15:44
J. Taylor
4,41131325
answered Dec 9 at 15:44
J. Taylor
4,41131325
answered Dec 9 at 15:44
J. Taylor
4,41131325
4,41131325
The definitions here seem to fit the OP's meaning and context better than that of theomorphize.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 17:37
add a comment |
The definitions here seem to fit the OP's meaning and context better than that of theomorphize.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 17:37
The definitions here seem to fit the OP's meaning and context better than that of theomorphize.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 17:37
The definitions here seem to fit the OP's meaning and context better than that of theomorphize.
– LarsH
Dec 11 at 17:37
add a comment |
up vote
8
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The word that came to my mind was apotheosis, The fact or action of becoming or making into a god (Wiktionary). But this is a noun, not a verb. Wiktionary does, however, also give the rarer word apotheosize, which fits your sentence well.
answered Dec 10 at 2:09
TonyK
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The word that came to my mind was apotheosis, The fact or action of becoming or making into a god (Wiktionary). But this is a noun, not a verb. Wiktionary does, however, also give the rarer word apotheosize, which fits your sentence well.
answered Dec 10 at 2:09
TonyK
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The word that came to my mind was apotheosis, The fact or action of becoming or making into a god (Wiktionary). But this is a noun, not a verb. Wiktionary does, however, also give the rarer word apotheosize, which fits your sentence well.
answered Dec 10 at 2:09
TonyK
1,929310
The word that came to my mind was apotheosis, The fact or action of becoming or making into a god (Wiktionary). But this is a noun, not a verb. Wiktionary does, however, also give the rarer word apotheosize, which fits your sentence well.
answered Dec 10 at 2:09
TonyK
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answered Dec 10 at 2:09
TonyK
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answered Dec 10 at 2:09
TonyK
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answered Dec 10 at 2:09
TonyK
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Try divinise. (Or divinize, in the US.) It means precisely to ascribe divine qualities.
answered Dec 10 at 22:22
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Try divinise. (Or divinize, in the US.) It means precisely to ascribe divine qualities.
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Try divinise. (Or divinize, in the US.) It means precisely to ascribe divine qualities.
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Try divinise. (Or divinize, in the US.) It means precisely to ascribe divine qualities.
answered Dec 10 at 22:22
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Deus in machinam?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 15:49
Yes, that also works very well in the same context.
– Lisbeth
Dec 11 at 2:13