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Religious scholars met with Anthropic

159 points · 412 comments · bookofjoe

  1. andyjohnson0 · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm an atheist, and have been for over 40 years. I believe that these Religious Scholars are scholars of a thing that is not a thing. I wonder what their view of my moral status is, and whether it differs significantly from their pronouncements about the status of ai models?
    1. hyperbovine · · focus · HN ↗
      Turns out it’s very difficult to make a philosophical case for morality without presupposing the existence of a God.
      1. ausbah · · focus · HN ↗
        no it’s not. that’s the whole point of humanism.
      2. driverdan · · focus · HN ↗
        It's the opposite. If your morality only exists by presupposing the existence of God it's not grounded in reality and collapses when you discover God does not exist. Morality can only be defined outside the realm of the supernatural.
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