1. At the moment of conception. 2. There's never gonna be true A.I.
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Replying to @BrianNiemeier
True AI, no longer “artificial”, is exactly the point of this question.
I also doubt it will ever come about, because at that point it would be a genuine life, which would require the will of God since none but Him can fashion a living spirit.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @TheBrometheus
It's not so much that as the issue being framed in Cartesian/pseudo-animist terms. Aristo-Thomism doesn't conceive of the soul that way.
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Replying to @BrianNiemeier @TheBrometheus
Super short version--there's 3 kinds of rational beings: >God: unlimited pure spirit >Angels: limited pure spirits >Humans: limited body/soul composites.
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Replying to @BrianNiemeier @TheBrometheus
Reason is a power proper to a soul made in God's image. It's a spiritual faculty that no amount of processing power or complexity can conjure from base matter.
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Replying to @BrianNiemeier @TheBrometheus
If a machine really were rational, it would a) have been granted a rational soul by God, and therefore, as a matter-soul composite, be ontologically human.
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Replying to @BrianNiemeier
Fascinating.
So in this view, the quest to create a true machine intelligence is identical to the quest to create Frankenstein’s monster in that both are inevitably doomed to failure because it’s man’s attempt to create life in his own image, not God creating man in His image.3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @TheBrometheus
Pretty much. I'm not ruling out God being able to infuse a machine with a rational soul in His omnipotence, but metaphysically it wouldn't be an A.I. It'd be human. Needless to say, it would also be an extraordinary way of creating life outside the ordinary means of procreation!
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Right, I also don’t believe it will ever happen. But if it ever truly did, what a glorious manifestation of the boundless power of God!
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Replying to @TheBrometheus @BrianNiemeier
As I wrote this it occurred to me part of the issue with this ever happening is that it’s unlikely any researcher striving to create true AI would give the glory fully back to God. This truly is Frankenstein territory.
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