Adriana Mihaela Macsut
ABSTRACT
Technological development has advanced very much in the last hundred years. The technological future of artificial intelligent is already within sight. Progressive philosophies are already dreaming about how this future will be and the problem can be approached in either a secular or a religious way.
Artificial intelligence has developed a special concept called singularity, seen as a philosophy, and a social movement, seen as the creation of super-intelligence which can be formulated as a possibility within the medium-term future. Thus, deliberate action ought to be taken to ensure that this technological breakthrough in IT occurs in a way that is beneficial to humans. A few years ago, the word 'Singularity' was used less often than nowadays. It can, therefore be said that there is a different kind of thinking today.
Singularity as technological progress put before humanity a growing number of ethical issues about action in the biosphere. These conditions claim the role of ethics to develop a code of ethics, knowledge and information in the doctrine of The Catholic Church. The Role of The Catholic Church begins with the right of information and teaching people how to use this tool of communication in the right way.
The technological future built by singularity did not seem to be optimistic. It can be said that people live in a universe of knowledge. But in any civilization hauling the voice of spirituality there is a need of eternity.
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