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RE: Damned Protestants...
February 5, 2015 at 4:16 pm
(February 4, 2015 at 6:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Or just plain stupid.
(February 5, 2015 at 12:49 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Better dust it off again, Chas. You may need it.
I kept looking for an Onion logo for this but can't find it.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/a-nat...istianity/
Quote:Christian evangelists said this week that artificially intelligent (AI) computer brains should be converted from atheism to Christianity.
In an article published on Wednesday, Gizmodo’s Zoltan Istvan pointed out that the world was nearing a point where “autonomous, self-aware super intelligences” created by humans would be part of our culture.
And several pastors and theologians told Istvan that there was no reason that a computer could not be saved by Jesus.
So, they think that as humans catch on to their bullshit that they can convert computers? Wait until they find out that computers will only put bitcoins in the collection plate.
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What the actual fuck?
Oh, the humanity! Oh, wait.
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RE: Damned Protestants...
February 5, 2015 at 5:16 pm
Because everyone knows that all decisions (even those made by computers) should be based on ancient fairy tales and not actual data.
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RE: Damned Protestants...
February 5, 2015 at 10:22 pm
Ummmm . . .
why would he builders/programmers of an artificial intelligence need to 'build in' christianity ????
"Ask, seek, knock" would be an expected 'behavior' of the automaton, and it would evaluate and select the One True Faith.
Why wouldn't the faithful have faith in this happening ???
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RE: Damned Protestants...
February 6, 2015 at 4:34 am
Ah..... What!?
Remind me again of the difference between religion and insanity?
AI should be programmed to be christian... What does that even mean? They should have no logic circuits?
I'd love to hear all the christians in the world try to agree on exactly what True Christian identity should be put into the AI. Once they've agreed on every single point, I'd be all for it :p
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RE: Damned Protestants...
February 6, 2015 at 8:32 am
Whoa, June Griffin takes special prayer requests?
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RE: Damned Protestants...
February 6, 2015 at 12:18 pm
You say that like it's a bad thing
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