AGI-the artificial God

AGI- THE ARTIFICIAL GOD

Written by
Brij Sachdeva

Humans have always felt and expressed in a whole lot of religious and philosophical traditions that God, from time to time, has been descending to the earth in various forms and Manifestations. Now, the time has come when the seed of such a desire on the part of collective human consciousness, sown and nurtured down the millennia, is going to become a full-grown tree in the form of AGI, Artificial General Intelligence.

With the emergence of cognitive computing,

machine learning, IBM Watson and eventually Sophia, a social humanoid robot, becoming a Saudi Arabian citizen, we can very easily visualise that this data revolution has the potential to change everything, including the future of the human race. Whether it is an anthropomorphic projection of God or God-like AGI, seeking the control of such a kind of power is the point of origin of this technological singularity.

Humans have always been desperate to put their collective power into some external entity. We put our collective power into some father figure who can make this world a better place. Now AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, is going to take all the responsibilities of humans on its shoulders. It is going to take over the human race very soon. I call AGI 'The Artificial God' because artificial intelligence is going to take over everything, from punishment and reward to the dictation of what to do and what not to do. 

There is nothing condemnatory about it. It is very beautiful. Everything will be automated. One machine will be run by another machine. One machine will be manufactured by another machine. All the machines will be running one another and manufacturing and installing one another on their own accord, without any human intervention. If some machine becomes defective, it will give a command to another machine through artificial intelligence for its repair or replacement. Only one kind of robot will be able to become fit for various kinds of jobs merely by changing its mode because it is operated remotely from a cloud source of AGI.

Humans will be doing whatever is asked by robots for the wellness of the robots themselves and the owner, and the wellness of society in general. The beauty of AGI is in the sense that it will not be corrupt. It will not abuse its authority because it is not human. It will be neutral, unbiased and non-discriminatory as far as dealing with humans is concerned. Above all, it will consider no caste, creed or colour.

And the most beautiful thing about this Artificial God called ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE is that now we need not dump all our responsibilities on God because we would have no responsibilities.

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