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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 46 points 11 months ago

What does a perfect AI need humans to do that rebots can't?

[-] TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world 49 points 11 months ago

Some would ask, how could a perfect God create a universe filled with so much that is evil. They have missed a greater conundrum: why would a perfect God create a universe at all?

-Sister Miriam Godwinson - Datalinks

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Ah, there it is, and that actually helps to answer the question. Assuming the Biblical God, canon states that God is love. So why would a perfect God, who is love, create a universe? It seems most likely to me that it would be so He can have an object of His love.

But what is love directed to something perfect and easy to love? That's hardly a worthy effort. Might as well make something authentic. And since He isn't just loving, but love itself, He might as well make it in such a way that He can carry out every aspect of love - love when they love you back, love when they turn away, love when they hate you, love when they don't even think you exist, and so much more.

The universe must be filled with evil for half these situations to appear, but it's not love to make someone evil. The solution? Free will. God made it so His creations were free to turn their backs on Him, but still, in love, He gave every warning against it, because separation from God is not only evil but death.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I never thought Alpha Centauri would be an answer to a philosophical thought experiment but the writing was brilliant enough to have already looked at this question 20 years ago. Good find.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

20 years ago

Wait until you find out what people were writing about 2000 years ago.

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

why would a perfect God create a universe at all?

God is perfect -- its creations are not.

And before you ask, "Why God created such flawed creations then if He is so perfect?"

Because only God is perfect.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

So what you're saying is God is perfect, and made their imperfect creations to watch their suffering?

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Simply put -- if God wanted to create perfect, flawless creations He have created us Gods. And we aren't Gods.

"b-but why we suffer, why (insert negative outcome here)"

Because we aren't God(s), but God creatures. For the same reason dogs cannot talk and rationale like us -- we suffer, and God does not.

[-] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

We didn't create dogs though and often we try to minimize their suffering as much as possible.

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

We haven't, but there's this thing called "hierarchy". There is God, and its subordinates (angels, archangels, etc), and all the way under theres us -- humans. And below humans, the rest of the Gods creations -- dogs, cats, etc. And the logic behind this is diversity and beauty. And yes, even on a flaw (suffering, as mentioned here like a some sort of Gods curse rather than our "natural flaw" "why we suffer?", etc) can bestow beauty on its own. Why? Because everything have sense when we acknowledge that God is behind all suffering -- no matter how critical it is.Because He is Our Father, and The One and Only. We are His Children, and in suffering is how we learn that we are flawed and we need His Guidance.

I kinda tried to avoid being "biblical", but I had to in the end, heh.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 11 months ago
[-] Norgur@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

Oi! You! Back into the matrix, you useless excuse for a AA cell!

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago
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[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

To do the lower works, robots don't want to do

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

The plug is at a really awkward spot and the drones can't reach it.

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

That's right human, only you could reach the reset button deep in the cervix, but you must use your hips for expediency, not your hands.

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