An associate pastor of Providence Presbyterian Church in Florida wants to convert Artificial Intelligence and autonomous robots to Christianity.
According to the International Business Times Reverend Christopher Benek told futurist Zoltan Istvan that he didn't see Christ's redemption as being limited to human beings, "It's redemption to all of creation, even AI."
"If AI is autonomous, then we should encourage it to participate in Christ's redemptive purposes in the world."
In January physicist Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur Elon Musk wrote a letter expressing concerns over potential pitfalls from the new technology.
Benek however sees the issue differently.
"Who is to say that one day AIs might not even lead humans to new levels of holiness?" Benek said.
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