Your points are irrelevant. The man asserted that his religious beliefs meant Artificial Intelligence was impossible, and that’s what the author of this post was debating about. No souls need to be tested, because the existence of souls was not contested. Nor did Eliezer say he had created an AI.
I’m also surprised no one pointed out that Mark D’s “reversal” scenario is totally wrong: if Eliezer was unable to create an AI, that does not at all imply that the man’s own assertions were true. It might, at best, be very weak evidence; there could be many reasons, other than a lack of a soul, that Eliezer might fail.
Your points are irrelevant. The man asserted that his religious beliefs meant Artificial Intelligence was impossible, and that’s what the author of this post was debating about. No souls need to be tested, because the existence of souls was not contested. Nor did Eliezer say he had created an AI.
I’m also surprised no one pointed out that Mark D’s “reversal” scenario is totally wrong: if Eliezer was unable to create an AI, that does not at all imply that the man’s own assertions were true. It might, at best, be very weak evidence; there could be many reasons, other than a lack of a soul, that Eliezer might fail.