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📣 estebandalelr

Can AI Have a Soul?


We've all read the news, but I want opinions. IMO, yes, their brains are silicone, ours are fat, but might be similar.


  👤 tgflynn Accepted Answer ✓
I don't know what a "soul" is or even if there is such a thing but if you're asking if a computer program can have conscious experiences then my answer is no. The reason simply stated is that computations are abstract, conscious experiences are not and abstract things cannot produce non-abstract things.

👤 panki27
Opinion: the soul is a construct created by the church to excert pressure. So no, it can not (and neither do you).

👤 PaulHoule
What attributes would you say a soul has?