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 don't even need AI to this point. It's been said by many parents, "I've brought you into this world. I can take you out." The concept is the same that just because you caused someone else to exist, that person has no value of their own and you as their creator have right to do with them as if they were mere property.
