Jordan Miller: AI, Distributed Consensus, and the Work of Redeeming Creation
Chapter: Provo
Jordan Miller, creator of the Satori network
Jordan Miller’s talk presents AI not as a solitary, detached technology but as a continuation of humanity’s inherent push toward systemic technological evolution and the refinement of language itself. Drawing upon common interpretations of the Garden of Eden narrative within Mormon tradition, Miller advocates for viewed AI as a fundamental tool that humanity should use to transition from passive inhabitants to active participants; “repairers of creation.” While he addresses immediate sociotechnical risks, such as resource competition and corporate centralization, his core thesis is that humanity must consciously employ emerging distinct technologies with wisdom, thereby moving past fear towards a state of shared stewardship and eventual compassionate creation.
Timeline:
01:31 [Introducing AI and the Garden of Eden]
01:44 [An Uncomfortable Visual Analogy of humanity’s approach to AI]
02:18 [Defining AI as a hybrid model of humans and technology]
03:59 [The Three Historical Critical Thresholds of Technology’s Impact]
08:26 [The Fourth Threshold: Catastrophic Power available at the level of Individual Garage]
10:00 [Understanding Technology as an Evolution of Language]
11:24 [Eden as an artistic experience within Language]
17:05 [Shifting Focus to the meaning of Tending the Garden]
20:18 [Comparing Original Sin with Joseph Smith’s Theology of Progress]
25:58 [The Work of Repairing Creation]
28:51 [A Big converging step into a new environment]
33:14 [Building a Network specifically to create Truthful AI]
36:31 [Negotiation and Cooperation among competing wills and tools]
42:45 [The functional view of AI consciousness vs special human qualities]
46:16 [How Neural Networks generate complex emerging properties]
51:40 [Using AI for novel creation]
55:20 [Sociotechnical concerns: Environmental Impact and Infrastructure Dependency]
01:05:03 [The Problem of Rapid Change: CO2 Spikes and AI Dependability]
01:14:11 [AI as a Strategic Asset for National Interest]
01:21:58 [The Challenge of finding the Right Prompting Relationship with AI]
01:25:03 [Move toward localized inferencing of specialized models]
01:28:47 [Becoming properly ‘like children’]
01:38:47 [The path forward through merging with enhanced machines]
AI has the greatest potential to be a force for good when it is combined with distributed consensus technologies. Mormon Transhumanism sits in an interesting theological space: not merely asking how we are saved, but what we are meant to help save. Drawing from themes in Mormon thought, the story of Eden, eternal progression, and the idea of becoming compassionate creators, this talk will explore how artificial intelligence and distributed consensus technologies can be understood as tools for participating in the work of redeeming creation. The central argument is that our task is not to passively inherit paradise, but to consciously build it — using whatever powers are available to us with wisdom, humility, and care.
Jordan has been involved with merging AI and distributed consensus technologies for years. He built Satori, a global network of future predicting AIs.