Would an Artificial Intelligence have a soul?

[Jackson Cooper]

I would think not. Though if an AI could feel guilt and be essentially indistinguishable from a human intelligence, it does make me wonder.

This question also makes me wonder what reality would've been like had my parents never met. I wouldn't even have consciousness, would I?

 

[drjean]

You mean "spirit" I think... but soul works if you are thinking of emotions, will, mind. No on either case.
HOWEVER if you choose to believe that it does, as all of GOD'S creation, they you must also attribute the need for salvation along with that anthropomorphism.

 

[ArmyMatt]

no, it wouldn't.

 

[prodromos]

It could only mimic human behaviour if it had a large enough sample. An AI cannot exprience joy or sorrow, guilt or pride. It can only present a facsimile based on how samples have responded to similar input.