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Could computer programs ever come to truly think and understand? Can artificial intelligence (AI) possess a “mind” the way humans do and, by extension, ever be described as a “person” with a soul?
If you ask some of the leading creators and proponents of AI products, at least some of them would answer “Yes” to these questions— a “Yes” that, if true, would raise other far-reaching and potentially dangerous ideas: Should AI programs be given rights? Should they be considered as equal in dignity to humans, or even obeyed as our superiors?!
For Michael Augros, a philosopher and professor at Thomas Aquinas College, the answer to the question “Can AI truly think and understand?” — and, by extension, “Does AI have a soul?” — is a resounding “No.”
But Augros doesn’t simply answer in the negative and leave it at that — he shows his work in the form of a new 10-part, multi-hour podcast series entitled The Mind and the Machine, produced by the college. In the podcast, episodes of which are being released serially, Augros explains in detail what it means, philosophically, to “think and understand” — and why he believes AI will never be capable of doing so.
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If you ask some of the leading creators and proponents of AI products, at least some of them would answer “Yes” to these questions— a “Yes” that, if true, would raise other far-reaching and potentially dangerous ideas: Should AI programs be given rights? Should they be considered as equal in dignity to humans, or even obeyed as our superiors?!
For Michael Augros, a philosopher and professor at Thomas Aquinas College, the answer to the question “Can AI truly think and understand?” — and, by extension, “Does AI have a soul?” — is a resounding “No.”
But Augros doesn’t simply answer in the negative and leave it at that — he shows his work in the form of a new 10-part, multi-hour podcast series entitled The Mind and the Machine, produced by the college. In the podcast, episodes of which are being released serially, Augros explains in detail what it means, philosophically, to “think and understand” — and why he believes AI will never be capable of doing so.
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No, AI Doesn’t Have a Soul: The Catholic Understanding of Its Role in Human Society
College professor-philosopher seeks the truth about the mind, soul and personhood in a new podcast series about artificial intelligence.
