Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the Image of God
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the Image of God

Can Machines Attain Consciousness and Receive Salvation?

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the Image of God

Can Machines Attain Consciousness and Receive Salvation?

About this book

Can artificial intelligence (AI) attain human-level consciousness? And if so, should the church minister salvation to AI? Through engaging philosophy of mind, AI research, the cognitive sciences, neuroscience, and theological anthropology, Dr. Bellini attempts to answer these questions. The hypothesis is if the hard problem of consciousness can be solved, and if human consciousness is replicable in AI, then attaining artificial general conscious intelligence (AGCI) is possible, and perhaps needs to be evangelized or discipled, as some claim. On the contrary, if the hard problem of consciousness cannot be solved and human consciousness is not replicable in AI, then AGCI is not possible, and it does not need to be evangelized. And in either case, how can the church begin a theological conversation with AI with its potential to match and exceed human intelligence and performance? A theological position on consciousness and the image of God is proposed, demonstrating the uniqueness of human consciousness in contrast with AI and artificial consciousness. A thorough exposition of the image of God is offered to serve as a cornerstone for any future conversation on a theological perspective of machines (AI).

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Information

Publisher
Wipf and Stock
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781666789348
9781666789355
eBook ISBN
9781666789362
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Ministry

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: An AI Primer for the Non-Expert
  7. Chapter 2: The Problem of AGCI
  8. Chapter 3: Consciousness is Key
  9. Chapter 4: Competing Models of Consciousness
  10. Chapter 5: Conscious AGI
  11. Chapter 6: Should We Evangelize and Baptize Machines
  12. Chapter 7: Imago Dei
  13. Epilogue: Concluding Very Unscientific Postscript
  14. Bibliography

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