AI OR I?

AI OR I?

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Genesis 2:7-8 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

How does Our Brain Compare To A Supercomputer?

3 pounds <> 150 tons

1/6 size of a basketball, 80 cubic inches <> A basketball court, over 4, 350 square feet

Up to 1,000,000 operations per second <> 93,000 trillion operations per second

20 watts powers <> 10 million watts powers

Performs all conscious and subconscious activity simultaneously, including processing all sensory input (billions of sensory cells) and supervising bodily functions (breathing, heartbeat, etc.)

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Performs one task at a time. (Of course it can do lots of tasks quickly but not simultaneously.)

  Even some Christians believing in the Genesis record are wondering if our original model is outdated. One fellow punned “I think God needs to do a remake.” Others express the hope that AI will allow us to escape the limits of humanity. But is intelligence what makes for our value or lack thereof? Not in God’s measure and neither should it be so in ours. We are created in His image with his sanctioned dominion! (Gen.1:26) Dominion requiring effort on our part. (When lazily puzzled Grandmother McGee challenging “God gave you a brain. Use it!”)

  As was the John Deere plow, AI is a helpful tool presenting us with opportunities to exercise more efficient productive dominion. For as with any tool, it is in our hand.

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Source for the above list of AI versus human brain facts: Dan Wooster, BETTER THAN HUMAN? November/December Answers In Genesis magazine.