In response to the original article, ‘A Discourse on the Existence of God’, I shall point out the fallacies and inaccuracies that exist therein, and provide a much more accurate idea of God’s existence.
    First, I think it is wrong for the author to criticize humans for their limited capabilities for understanding. To this date, there is no more powerful computing system or neural series than a human brain- so why the constant underestimating of our abilities? It is narrow-minded to assume that we are the greatest beings ever created, yes. But it is equally narrow-minded to assume that we do not have the capability to someday (or even right now) be more intelligent than the God that created us. Because we were created by something, at first at least, it is truthful to say that it is more intelligent than we are. It is impossible to build something that is more intelligent than the builder. But not only is it not impossible, it is downright probable that a being can create something, that while initially less intelligent, has engrained in it the ability to eventually grow more intelligent than its creator.
    One example would be humans, who are right now in between being the creations and creators. Assuming that the Big Bang is correct (that the explosion from Singularity is the beginning, and therefore God) then it would follow that evolution is the creator. It has taken evolution many billions of years to transform its creations from a single atom to the human intelligence that we are today. Certainly, it takes an incredible amount of intelligence to have created such beings as humans. But Intelligence Quotient is timed, and when we take into account that it took evolution billions of years to create us, its IQ is very near being 0. Humans, on the other hand, have an average IQ of 100.
    What humans are on the brink of creating is an artificial intelligence. While it is impossible for a human to make a computer immediately smarter than itself, it can include the same program that evolution included- a program designed to self-replicate and gain intelligence. It is predicted by Ray Kurzweil that computers will surpass human intelligence before the year 2030. What took evolution billions of years will take humans a matter of decades. It is apparent that whatever God created us (evolution, the Christian God, etc.) we are doing the same thing with machines, but infinitely faster. So, how limited are humans now?
    Another problem with the original argument is the flower metaphor. Of course we seem superior to a flower, but we did not create flowers or nature- we are all the same set of creations, made by some other creator. A more accurate metaphor would be comparing humans to personal computers, and the effectiveness of the example would be rendered useless. Computers and humans do share a similar, if not identical, method of existing. A computer’s hard drive is like the Temporal Lobe of the brain, which is in charge of memory. The brain, like a computer, functions by receiving input, performing billions of computations, then delivering an output. This is a strong defense for the Christian God. Just as we are creating computers to be like our brains, so did God create man in His own image. So why can’t we function on the same plane as God?
Though I must say, the suggestion that “the only religion is no religion” is a very tempting one. The main problem is that it allows for little progress. In discovering our own origin (or at least attempting to understand our origin) we will be better suited to create a new intelligence ourselves. We will become Gods in our own right. Will the AI surpass us in intelligence once we create it? Definitely. Will humans be in danger of becoming extinct- will the machines be able to obliterate human beings? The answer could very well be yes.
    But consider- if it is possible for them to destroy their creators, is it not also possible for humans to destroy He who created them? Perhaps we already have without even knowing it? It is entirely possible that our universe was created by something infinitely more advanced than itself, and then it grew itself and created humans, and the humans grew and created Artificial Intelligence, and the machines will grow and build even more advanced beings then themselves. Somewhere in that whole mix is a God that we do not yet agree upon- but we very likely may have killed Him, or even worse, He may have accidentally killed Himself. Just like humans, if the machines turn against us…
 

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