Which is exactly why I say that the “artificial intelligence” they are touting today is indeed artificial, but not intelligence.
True intelligence requires conscious self-awareness, which is a quantum mechanical phenomenon and can never by achieved through software alone. What they call “artificial intelligence” these days is nothing more than highly intricate if-then programming with some statistical analysis thrown in.
Quantum mechanics is the only branch of science that even touches upon consciousness. A conscious observer is required for a quantum mechanical event to occur, ala Schroedinger’s cat.
I believe in a God who is the conscious observer who brings the universe into existence. There is no reason to believe that such a God could not create matter with the mathematical blueprint to self-assemble life one step at a time.
Whoever God is, He is far beyond our comprehension. My idea of who God is is just as valid as yours.
Are we arguing here? I don't recall challenging your religious beliefs.
I merely opined that a jumble of atoms requires the 'spark of life' to become a living thing. Scientists have been able to string amino acids and enzymes together in chains identical to those of living things for decades now, but they haven't been able to bring them to life.
I'm not arguing over who the grand designer is, or how that spark of life is introduced into inanimate matter. I'm just noting that it is.
True intelligence requires conscious self-awareness, which is a quantum mechanical phenomenon