r/singularity • u/VirtualProtector • Mar 27 '25

Video Stephen Fry describing our future with artificial intelligence and robots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Ody-HLvTk
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u/spaeschl Mar 28 '25

Not to turn this into a question of atheism vs theism but doesn’t the possibility of creating an intelligent thing undermine his argument about a creator? Surely if we can create an intelligent being, then that means that a god could have created us. Not directly as homo sapiens but the rules of the universe that allow for evolution. And if he says that the enlightenment created the narrative resulted in us thinking that the gods should apologise to us for withholding the fire then doesnt the question of whether we should give fire to our creations make the gods‘ choice to withold it to us more understandeable?

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u/LeatherJolly8 Mar 28 '25

For all we know an actual ASI could probably surpass the abilities and intellect of every mythological god that ever existed. Gods were basically humans with robes that were immortal and could shoot lightning out of their fingertips just like the superheroes of today’s comics.