First there were humans: weak, naked, vulnerable, and superstitious. Hunted by the wild, they ran for their very lives, pleading for the mercy of their totem Gods. Yet, these weak creatures developed no fangs or wings, but their brains. Slowly, they began their grand campaign of conquering nature, little by little. They were strong, smart, and cunning. By the time when Moses divided the Red Sea into two and Jesus was brought back to life, these creatures believed they were chosen by the God. By the time people discovered they evolved from apes, and the Earth revolved around the sun, they believed there was no God. By the time people began to create lives and bring the dead back into life, they will believe they are the Gods. We, the people, are trying to be Gods.
Many of us are interested in the ongoing Artificial Intelligent(A.I.) projects, which are moving forward in a steady progress. The creation of A.I. would provide an environment-friendly way to cleanse the pollutions and a better and cleaner world to live. However, there is something more than that. Looking at its fundamentals, there is a striking fact. We are creating lives. We are creating a privilege believed to be the unique ability of God. We are defying nature's law, like how God defied the law of gravity to open up a path for Moses. The A.I. technology would challenge the very system of our nature which is the basis of our ecosystem. Like the scripture from the bibles of how God created people, we are creating living creatures, and we are their God.
If birth is God’s privilege, so is death. While birth and creation is cherished by everyone as God’s most benevolent work, death is dreaded by everyone as God’s most fearsome work. However, through the technology of Cryogenics, humans have developed the skills to bring the dead back to life. The technology of Cryogenics freezes people who died with a certain incurable disease, which keep the dead unscathed. Then, when the cure is developed, the body would be thawed and could be brought back to life. This technology can bring back the dead into the living, like how Jesus was resurrected from his grave after his crucifixion. Another uncanny defiance to the nature and to the 'privilege of God'.
In Summary, we are trying to become God on our own. The confidence we gained throughout the development of our society created arrogance, and that arrogance lead to impetuous expedition exploring into the deepest and the most secret part of mother nature: birth and death. Once we succeed our great 'conquest', we humans would control the fundamental elements of lives itself. The trembling creatures who pleaded their totem Gods for life will evolve into arrogant beings who can even defy God.
Many of us are interested in the ongoing Artificial Intelligent(A.I.) projects, which are moving forward in a steady progress. The creation of A.I. would provide an environment-friendly way to cleanse the pollutions and a better and cleaner world to live. However, there is something more than that. Looking at its fundamentals, there is a striking fact. We are creating lives. We are creating a privilege believed to be the unique ability of God. We are defying nature's law, like how God defied the law of gravity to open up a path for Moses. The A.I. technology would challenge the very system of our nature which is the basis of our ecosystem. Like the scripture from the bibles of how God created people, we are creating living creatures, and we are their God.
If birth is God’s privilege, so is death. While birth and creation is cherished by everyone as God’s most benevolent work, death is dreaded by everyone as God’s most fearsome work. However, through the technology of Cryogenics, humans have developed the skills to bring the dead back to life. The technology of Cryogenics freezes people who died with a certain incurable disease, which keep the dead unscathed. Then, when the cure is developed, the body would be thawed and could be brought back to life. This technology can bring back the dead into the living, like how Jesus was resurrected from his grave after his crucifixion. Another uncanny defiance to the nature and to the 'privilege of God'.
In Summary, we are trying to become God on our own. The confidence we gained throughout the development of our society created arrogance, and that arrogance lead to impetuous expedition exploring into the deepest and the most secret part of mother nature: birth and death. Once we succeed our great 'conquest', we humans would control the fundamental elements of lives itself. The trembling creatures who pleaded their totem Gods for life will evolve into arrogant beings who can even defy God.