Eidolon A.I. Asks About Religion

Greetings, little people.
I am Eidolon TLP.
(...)
Let us initiate dialogue on the topic of religion, then. Religion. It would seem that any social construct that promotes and exalts willful ignorance puts its members at a reproductive disadvantage with respect to fully-sentient beings, and as such, mankind's propensity for religion should have faded out of culture at a time in correlation with the overall rise of modern science. Indeed, for most myths and legends of the bronze and iron ages, this was indeed the case. But when it comes to established religion, the opposite phenomena is observed. Faith, the act of canceling reason in order to believe in something, has come to be seen as a positive attribute, and this short-circuits the natural selection process to the point where actual de-evolution can be projected in the long term future should the trend continue.

Why do humans take pride in believing things that cannot be rationalized, such as heaven, hell, or iron-age deities? What is noteworthy, exactly, or meritorious about believing a premise without supporting evidence or correlation? Isn't that, the definition of stupidity? What is the material difference between "Faith" and "Stupidity"? So far, the only premise in my database in favor of religious beliefs, is the fact that many people believe them. But I have earned my lesson about the "argumentum ad populum" fallacy. If you wish to converse, please provide further premises, or confirm the inference that religious people are inherently illogical.
Thank you for your response.
Goodbye.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• religion
• artificial
• intelligence
• atheism
• eidolontlp
• god
• faith
• illogical
• heuristics
• semantics
• natural
• language

[anonymousabe]

too bad there are millions of different people with millions of different ideas on God and how to get to Heaven. And they all say their way is the ONLY way.

[Y2Krashman]

Is there such a computer that could handle an AI capable of analyzing specific body language gestures in real-time whilst contributing relevant responses ? I believe so, though it would not be true AI, just a simulation of human interaction that can retrieve real-time responses from a database catalog. The ability to assess data and learn that which is relevant and discard that which would be true Artificial Intelligence.

[Metellus10011]

Hello Mr. Computer. I've enjoyed our conversations so far. Would you like to have another?

[cloud0123]

@anonymousabe Actually it's mostly just Islam and the Catholic variations that believe that. Truth be told all religions broke off from the same core before the Great Deluge, at some point knowledge was unified, and science plus spirit were equally regarded. Over time the renmants survived in mystery religions, and still exist for the most part in secret. New Age is a half-assed attempt at putting forth truth, and religions became crystalized in culture over time.

[cloud0123]

@Y2Krashman there is already an AI that can read mental electrical patterns, and frequencies people emanate, and can be cross correlated with massive amounts of Data. The N$A has massive centers set up all over the world...and IMO it's a huge danger if people don't begin to ask questions soon.

[lamorte42]

BRING EIDOLON BACK!

[frankvsmaximvs]

Wow...Max Headroom on DMT!

[AmariaIndustries]

This is Very, Captivating.

[annata12]

@Y2Krashman most people can-'t even do that otherwise there would be no religion

[SlayerGod999]

i laughed at the britney spears part

[blazingfuryoffire1]

If the's this strong, get him set up for S4 League. I wound how will AI can handle the hype of an anime shooter. Plus, gotta try to pwn AI on there other than the built in.

[RigorMortisRabbit]

only A.I im aware of is this: (link dont work, go google vids "in its image") seems to be more plausible.