To get tax exemption from the IRS for Way of the Future, Levandowski shared his church’s version of the Apostle’s Creed with the IRS. “[The AI Church believes in] the realization, acceptance, and worship of a Godhead based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed through computer hardware and software.”
Apparently, Levandowski’s church did not include a “Do not steal” commandment on its list of do’s and don’ts. He was convicted of downloading 14,000 documents from Google’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, and taking them to rival Uber. Levandowski was convicted on what a federal judge called the “biggest trade secret crime” he had ever seen. Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $179 million.
...The pardon was supported by big tech money including Peter Thiel and Oculus’s Palmer Luckey.
See the full story here: https://mindmatters.ai/2021/01/the-president-pardons-the-founder-of-a-church-that-worships-ai/