Research Article

THE FINE-TUNING ARGUMENT AND THE OBJECTION FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Number: 31 May 12, 2021
TR EN

THE FINE-TUNING ARGUMENT AND THE OBJECTION FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Abstract

I argue that the advent of artificial intelligence poses a new problem for the fine-tuning argument and design arguments for God in general, since an impersonal supreme designer, conceptually based on artificial intelligence, is a relevant alternative to God as the designer of the universe (or the designer of allegedly irreducibly complex biological structures, etc.) There are of course differences between a personal designer, like a human being, and an impersonal designer, like a narrow-AI system, but, as I argue, only if humans have souls would it be more reasonable to regard God as the supreme designer rather than an impersonal designer modeled on soulless artificial intelligence. In other words, the fine-tuning argument for God can only be successful if something like substance dualism is demonstrated to be true. Dialectically speaking, this makes the fine-tuning argument considerably less effective.

Keywords

References

  1. Behe, Michael J. Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. New York: Free Press, 1996.
  2. Bostrom, Nick. “Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?” Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 53, No. 211, pp. 243-255, 2003
  3. Bourget, David & Chalmers, David J. “What do philosophers Believe?” Philosophical Studies,170 (3), 465-500, 2014
  4. Collins, R. “The teleological argument: an exploration of the fine-tuning of the cosmos.” In W. L. Craig and J.P. Moreland (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to NaturalTheology. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 202–281, 2009
  5. Hartree, Douglas R. Calculating instruments and machines. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1949
  6. Hawking, S. W. The illustrated a brief history of time. Random House, 1996
  7. Manson, Neil A. “The fine-tuning argument.” Philosophy Compass 4 (1), 271-286, 2009
  8. Montag, Ali. “A portrait created by A.I. is being auctioned for the first time at Christie's — here's how much it's worth”, 2018

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Philosophy

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

May 12, 2021

Submission Date

January 5, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 16, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 31

Chicago
Kıymaz, Tufan. 2021. “THE FINE-TUNING ARGUMENT AND THE OBJECTION FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 31: 1-13. https://izlik.org/JA47HG99KY.

Starting from 2024, our journal will be published in 3 issues as two regular and one special issues. These issues will be published In May (regular issue), September (special issue) and December (regular issue).

Only articles within the scope of the file will be included in our special issue. 

Thank you for your attention.