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Are humans Gods? (article by an atheist)
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Are humans Gods? (article by an atheist)
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I recently encountered a 'scientific' definition of God: 

God is any probably non omniscient entity with the ability to engineer artificial intelligence, that may probably exceed the intellect of its creators.



Question:

We engineer our own brains constantly, in a way that smarter versions of ourselves may emerge.

In the similar way to how a hypothetical God-like (as per 'scientific' definition abovesuper artificial intelligence would update itself (creating smarter versions of itself, probably similar to how today's artificial neural nets update themselves), are humans already Gods?
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RE: Are humans Gods?
Sure.

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Welcome to AF

How about an intro thread and you tell us about you !
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You forgot to use 'albeit' and 'betwixt'.
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RE: Are humans Gods? (article by an atheist)
(February 11, 2017 at 6:33 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: You forgot to use 'albeit' and 'betwixt'.

Huh?
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Hi! I'm Thena, venerable Voodoo Goddess of the Pork Chop Sammich and Delightfully Colorful Betta Fish.

Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mortal!
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RE: Are humans Gods? (article by an atheist)
(February 11, 2017 at 6:38 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Hi! I'm Thena, venerable Voodoo Goddess of the Pork Chop Sammich and Delightfully Colorful Betta Fish.

Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mortal!


Any thoughtful answer apart from jokes?
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RE: Are humans Gods? (article by an atheist)
Hey Programming God, how've you been?
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RE: Are humans Gods? (article by an atheist)
(February 11, 2017 at 6:42 pm)Aegon Wrote: Hey Programming God, how've you been?

Coding is not for me, so I am no programming god...
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RE: Are humans Gods? (article by an atheist)
Definitely no programming god. But you smell so bad I'm going to have to do something about the stinky sock situation we have here.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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