Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times

Listening to numerous videos by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, I had an epiphany today: many an atheist physicist and computer specialists, feel sure that science can create replica of human consciousness someday, but at the same time they feel certain that the All-Knowing God, even if He exists, cannot.

I googled the movies about conscious AI and here is the picture of so many movies or series available on the subject:

I have seen at least two of these: Matrix and Her. Fiction closely reflects the reality and popular beliefs. In comment section I will document more precisely the popular scientists expressing triumphalism and their faith that one day AI can be conscious and we will be able to replicate or substantiate human consciousness.

This inspired me to put some of the videos together here from Robert Lawrence Kuhn’s collection, to have a more informed position about the conflict at hand. First, a few about personal identity:

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The following two videos try to demonstrate that artificial intelligence in principle can never have consciousness or a soul:

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Let us continue to examine the subject of souls and Afterlife:

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I have written about the movie Her, in my article from 2019: Can Artificial Intelligence have Consciousness — A Quranic Perspective?

A few of our articles about Afterlife are linked below, and to see the whole collection, please click here

Afterlife: The Muslim Times is Collecting Everything Worthwhile about the Subject

Surah Qaf: The First Creation as the Foremost Proof for Afterlife

Surah Yasin’s Lucid Argument About the Afterlife

National Geographic Video: All Knowing, All Seeing God Keeps Us Away from Crime and Sin, See the Evidence