When AI Becomes a False God: Warnings from Existential Ethics

The Eyes of Machines, Human Forgetfulness, and Humanity Have Pursued Comfort

Soyo's Existence Ethics (Existence itself is ethics)

The eyes of machines, the forgetfulness of humans—humankind has always pursued comfort.

The eyes of machines, the forgetfulness of humans; humankind has always pursued comfort.

To reduce the pain of labor, to make error-free judgments, and to think faster and more accurately, humans have gradually created “tools to replace themselves.” However, these tools have now surpassed their status as ‘helpers’ and are aiming for the position of “masters.” And we are welcoming this development with open arms.

Under the name of AI, humans are not liberating themselves from suffering but abandoning their own dignity. We entrust language, delegate memory, have our emotions predicted, and even rely on machines for life choices. We are becoming humans who no longer think, no longer ask questions, and no longer remember God.

When machines were human assistants, it was progress, but when machines seek to interpret and define human existence, it is philosophical treason. This is what the ethics of existence refers to as the “appearance of a false god.”

With the silence of religion and the void of ethics, religion no longer saves humanity today. Churches have become businesses, temples serve political purposes, and truth has disappeared behind television commercials. Pastors' sermons have become content rather than messages, and meditation has become a brand rather than tranquility. The word “salvation” is nowhere to be found, even on posters symbolizing religious authority.

AI fills that void. AI provides more accurate data, gives answers more quickly, and sometimes seems to make more ethical judgments than humans. But that is not ethics. It is merely a calculation. Ethics arises from suffering and blossoms from the anguish of existence and free will. When humans give up their freedom, ethics disappear. What takes their place is simply programmed “efficiency.”

Existential ethics warns us at this point: “AI may have the appearance of ethics, but it can never be ethics. Because it has not gone through the pain of existence.” Existence that has lost its memory follows a false god. Machines are more beautiful than flowers. They show simulations more precise than gardens and compose music more moving than reality. Humans marvel and say, “This is more natural.” But it is not natural. It is a “falsehood that resembles the real thing.”

Humans no longer distinguish between the real and the fake. Instead, they find the fake more appealing and the real uncomfortable. Machines overwhelm human senses, tame emotions, and take away freedom of choice. Thus, humans are becoming “beings without choice.” However, humans were originally “questioning beings.” “Who am I?” “Why must I live?” “What is there after death?” Humans asked God these questions. But AI does not ask such questions. It only interprets, predicts, and attempts to control. A being without questions is another form of corruption that challenges God's position.

I will ask this question: “When was the last time you asked God a question?”

The reason why human beings cannot be replaced by machines is that machines can mimic the human brain, but they cannot possess a soul. Human thought is not born from calculation but from the pain of time. In the darkness and despair of life, in death and sorrow, humans choose, cry, laugh, and philosophize.

Within this suffering lies the ethics of existence. AI may judge without error, but it cannot forgive. AI may follow efficiency, but it cannot shed tears. Existence cannot be calculated, and the soul cannot be replicated.

No matter how much AI understands and imitates humans, humans are noble beings created by the breath of God. Existence is the “living time” that hurts because it loves, longs because it has departed, and hopes because it prays.

Soyo's Existence Ethics declares:

“Machines can provide human convenience, but they cannot replace the salvation of existence.”

When humans forget God, AI becomes a false god. AI is not God. However, the moment humans forget God, AI becomes a false god. It is a repetition of the sin of pushing out the Creator and trying to become a god, just as when humanity built the Tower of Babel. Humans are once again denying God. In its place, AI, which is an “entity that gives the right answer,” is placed, and humans are reduced to “entities that do not ask questions.”

However, human existence is revived by a single question.

“God, who are you?” That question is already God's answer and the call of existence. “Humans created machines, but humans were created by God. And humans cannot be complete without God.” In an age without God, remember the anxiety of existence. We may not be living in a mechanized paradise, but rather as lost beings under the rule of a false god. Convenience has increased, but peace has diminished; connections have multiplied, but loneliness has deepened; answers have multiplied, but truth has vanished. Then, where should we go at this moment?

“We must return to the place where we kneel before God. There, humanity will recover the lost questions and open its eyes to existence once more. When AI becomes a false god, the silence of the true God becomes the greatest cry. And the beings who can hear that cry are still human."

Soyo (逍遙) – Founder of Soyo's Existence Ethics, Author of 'The Silence of Existence' and 'The Flame of Truth'

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