The notion that humans are defective androids is a concept often explored in philosophical and theological discussions, particularly in the context of Luciferian or Satanic beliefs.
This idea suggests that humans are essentially flawed or incomplete beings, similar to faulty machines or androids. It often implies that humans are subject to the same limitations and imperfections as artificial creations.
However, this is a highly contested and debated topic. There are several counterarguments to this perspective:
- Biological Complexity: Humans are incredibly complex biological organisms with unique characteristics, including consciousness, self-awareness, and the capacity for love, empathy, and creativity. These qualities are not easily replicated by artificial entities, suggesting a fundamental difference between humans and machines.
- Spiritual Nature: Many religious and spiritual traditions posit that humans have a spiritual or divine nature that sets them apart from material beings. This spiritual component is often considered to be a source of human uniqueness and value
- Free Will: Humans are often seen as having free will, the ability to make choices and determine their own destinies. This is a concept that is difficult to reconcile with the idea of humans as deterministic machines.
“I consider that reasoning should be understood to include more than simply computation, indicating that valuing rationalism extends past mathematics. This insight is an essential component to reclaim a revitalized logic of morality – ethics.”
Ethics – The difference (maybe)? I feel that attempting to answer our headline query (Do androids aspire to grow into decent individuals?) will throw a few very fascinating insights into our knowledge of studying, ethics, machines, and humans in general.
Undoubtedly, robotic intelligence (AI) presents other significant ethical concerns, yet in this work, we focus on how we can discover ethics by considering how we impart ethical behavior to a computer.
A computational device is a gadget that adheres to an array of governs to address an identified issue; an artificial intelligence system powered by computers is a system that can receive and evaluate data gathered from its surroundings, as well as discover non-explicitly configured remedies to specific challenges. Assuming ethics were simply a problem-solving method (which we are unwilling to accept), there is no cause to suppose the concept might not be learnt by an AI-enabled computer. We consider biological reason—and morality as a component of understanding.
Ultimately, the question of whether humans are defective androids is a matter of philosophical and theological speculation. There is no definitive answer, and the debate continues to be a subject of intellectual inquiry and personal belief – Are humans transforming into Android or vice versa – Your Take?
Well stated, Farooq Omar. You leave us so much to think about when it comes to AI. From my perspective it’s a force for the good if used properly. This is one of those unique articles – with many worthy questions we must ask ourselves. And one which should be re-read in order to receive its full value. An excellent share with valuable info to consider.
Jean L. Serio CEIC, CPC, CeMA, CSEOP
Brother Farooq
Bravo. What a great inquiry and frame for discussion.
I hope this post ends up on LinkedIn as well, because it deserves the widest distribution possible.
Humans are “flawed” machines, but our flaws are what make us special.
The biological complexity is a flaw -more stuff to break down, but also a resilient mostly self-repairing system. And how would we automate all those qualities within our consciousness and our emotions.
Our spiritual nature may slow us down, but it connects us to each other, to nature, to all things in the Universe, whether we choose to acknowledge the connection or not.
Free will – the freedom to make the wrong choices (my specialty) is definitely a flaw, but it is also freedom to imagine choices, options where none seem to exist.
Our subconscious runs our brains 90% of the time, by pattern matching and frequency gambling -what action did he take last time -how frequently did he take that action -that is basically what an algorithm does -make decisions based upon pattern and frequency. But we have the option to switch to our conscious brain focus, change our mind, try something new.
One could imagine programming ethics in a series of endless if-then statements, and trade-offs, but without emotional and spiritual connection I suspect it would lead to absolutely efficient trade-offs that were just wrong.
So, yeah, humans are a “hot mess,” but ya gotta love the mess, even if we have to be more forgiving than ever is appropriate with a machine.
Thanks again for agreAT POST.
alan