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Atheists & Agnostics

targetpractice

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2. Interesting...

Reply to RFCalifornia (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2022, 07:02 PM

Apr 2022

The human brain is hardwired to explain the world to itself... It seeks patterns, even when they aren't there (e.g. the man in the moon, conspiracy theories, etc.). Our minds seem to need to explain stuff in order to survive. The question you, RFCalifornia, inspires me to ask, "What does AI do when it can't sort out a problem or an unknowable situation?"

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Would AI invent religion? [View all] RFCalifornia Apr 2022 OP

Will AI involve greed and power grabbing? LakeArenal Apr 2022 #1

Interesting... targetpractice Apr 2022 #2

Depends on the question RFCalifornia Apr 2022 #4

Love Douglas Adams... A prophet... targetpractice Apr 2022 #9

But in most cases it either asks for more input, changes the margin of error or divides by zero RFCalifornia Apr 2022 #6

I don't think AI will invent a religion but will definitely be used to promote walkingman Apr 2022 #3

The religions may just program themselves in AI RFCalifornia Apr 2022 #5

Des Cartes proved with logic that God exists. The church rejected such proof because it negated th keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #7

Only if it ever realizes the usefulness of silicon based life leading carbon based life around Warpy Apr 2022 #8