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Originally Posted by peter12
Except that we wouldn't really know if we had created an artificial intelligence that was real or just a very good simulation. Anyway, it would literally be impossible to create a being in such a way.
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Support this claim. If you are a materialist, which most Western thinkers are at this point, there is no reason beyond a current lack of technology to prevent us from creating a being in
exactly that way.
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There are also significant philosophical differences between human free will and machine will.
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I'd dispute this - what are they?
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Even if we could create an omnipotent artificial general intelligence that could theoretically exist on a plan of knowledge that would be god-like from our perspective, it still wouldn't solve the fundamental human questions of loneliness, wondering, and wandering that mark us from other species.
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As far as I can tell, this is just meaningless philosophy-sounding word salad. Explain what you're talking about.
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Furthermore, if such a machine existed, it would almost certainly not be able to communicate with us, and thus, would have absolutely no implications - beyond the hellish tyranny that would no doubt exist - for Christians as it would say nothing about the personal logos represented through the Christian God.
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Why on Earth would you think it couldn't communicate with us? There's absolutely no basis for believing any of this.
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I am also surprised that you, as a very fervent liberal - don't have any deep philosophical concerns regarding the development of AI. It would certainly spell the end of any modern conceptions of liberty.
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I have HUGE concerns. I'm not even sure it isn't an existential threat to Humanity, though probably not one that will manifest itself in my lifetime.