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JCvgluvr posted...

A robot/android/AI does not, cannot and will not ever possess a soul. It is impossible. They are not, biologically speaking, alive. They are tools created by human beings. They are nothing more than a collection of mechancial parts, electronic batteries, and computational achievements.

This has always been true. It will remain true until a time in the near future. After that point your statements will be rendered false and will remain false forever more.

You cannot define a soul. It is unknowable. You cannot extract it. To declare that an inorganic form of consciousness or life couldnt have a soul even if it had the ability to form consciousness and free will is the height of hubris.

With all the advancements we are making in bioengineering, within our lifetimes I think that regular old humans are going to seem a lot more mechanical compared to constructs built from the genome up biologically.

People will do what they do all along saying that something artificial can never feel or think things that a person can, no matter how advanced they are. That will remain true until something reaches the point where humanity rests. That moment will then end, and we will have to become accustomed to trying to live in a world that has moved beyond our comprehension.