Rise of the Machines: New Book Applies Christian Ethics to the Future of AI
"John Lennox reflects on questions of consciousness in computers, enhancing humans, and other quandaries." - C. Today
"John Lennox reflects on questions of consciousness in computers, enhancing humans, and other quandaries." - C. Today
"AI has two meanings. The first is narrow AI—that is a system comprised of a powerful computer, a large data base, and a program that sorts desired patterns from that data base....The second kind of AI is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)." - Bible Gateway
"As a technologist in the field, I am intrigued by the cleverness in designs and algorithms of various AI disciplines advancing the world every day. However, I take issue with making super intelligence that out-performs humans the ultimate goal of AI. " - CToday
"Followers of Jesus need not fear artificial intelligence but should realize its continuing development calls for biblical thinking regarding its potential benefits and threats to humanity, a Southern Baptist ethicist writes in a new book." - BPNews
"What if this is a metaphor for our autonomy in general? We humans like to talk about human ingenuity as our own greatest hope. We’re confident that if we work together we can solve society’s worst problems. We’ll even pretend that we can deliver the planet. But we’d also like to keep the argument in our back pocket that when things go badly wrong God should have done something. If it turns out well, we’ll take the credit; if something goes wrong, it’s His fault." - Joel Arnold
"Whether or not God could give a sentient machine or a human clone a soul is a different question....The unique description of humans as created in the image of God should lead us to think it highly unlikely that a machine or a clone would receive similar status." - BPNews
"When machines begin mimicking human intelligence they can potentially be engaging in moral behavior, making them artificial moral agents (AMAs)." - TGC
"The statement comes at a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is growing in use with such products as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa to driverless cars and applications in such fields as business, finance, health care and the military." - BPNews