It is said by the faithful that God has the right to do whatever he pleases to humans because he created them. I disagree. Let's explore that idea:
If you create a true artificial intelligence, are you morally justified in doing whatever you want to that creation? Can you hurt them if you want?
Imagine a hypothetical AI being of the kind we see in science fiction; truly real persons that are artificially created. Is it a moral action for you to cause that being to suffer if they do not meet your standards? Are you morally right to do that? They are utterly your creation, they do not exist without your act of creation. Does that mean you can torture them or abuse them or subjugate them and still be morally justified?
That is the argument that theists use for god having the right to inflict suffering on humanity. Is it still a satisfying argument when we remove the conceits we allow for god?
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We all fall short of the glory of God We all sin God is holy Any punishment given by God is just And we have to remember that though He is the higest of powers, there is also Satan at play
If you created an AI of the sort we are discussing here, would you have the moral right to destroy or harm them if they failed to live up to your expectations? If so, why so?
@Matt85 no. God might be holy and have created the universe but we are given lives and rights and are not simply puppets to be puppeteered or punished without just cause and the punishment must fit the crime that is justice. And if God is just then life would be fair but since it is not we should be allowed to level the playing field
