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On the psychology of Artificial Intelligence
Neko_Ali:
I really want to believe that's satire.
hedgie:
Not an unprecedented statement, though. Although it is only tangentially connected to the idea of AIs, there was a Vatican scientist who mentioned that if ETs exist they may have never had original sin, and not "need" to be Christian, but would happily baptise them if they wanted to.
Zebediah:
I actually talked to a Jesuit priest about the ET thing once, and he said that the "official" position of the Church is that they can't have an official position unless and until they meet some real-life ETs and see what they are like. There had been some speculation on how to handle different scenarios, but absent some living, breathing aliens, they're fumbling around in the dark.
In other words, the Catholic Church is agnostic. :evil: On the issue of extraterrestrial intelligence, anyway - they don't know if aliens exist or not, and don't want to go out on any unnecessary limbs, having been burned that way before.
Orkboy:
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 06 Feb 2015, 14:13 ---This seemed like as good a place as any for this article...
Evangelists plan to convert atheist computers to Christianity
--- End quote ---
Huh.
It'd be real easy to laugh and dismiss the article as kinda silly, but it actually does raise some interesting points. It's almost preemptive inclusiveness, especially the bit saying that an AI would have a soul the same way a human does. It's a fairly positive overall message, and the Ork approves.
explicit:
Fun fact, the Catholic Church's official position on the age of the earth is that it is not 6000 year old and that's just the thought behind the New Earth Movement, that, unfortunately, many evangelicals now believe.
I'm just pointing it out to show a lot of misconceptions people have about some religions and what they believe. Also, if AI's are sentient beings then there is no reason why they would all follow the same beliefs.
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