Artificial Intelligence and Analytic Theology in Chinese Context

The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing quickly in China, and it has challenged our understanding of human nature and personhood. These challenges underlie some of the negative views which some Christians have towards AI, and these negative views have contributed to the resistance to the development of AI among some segments of global society. This article proposes various ways in which the resources of Analytic Theology (the application of analytic philosophy to Christian theology) can help theologians in China address a list of research questions that AI poses for Christian theology, in engagement with Chinese philosophy. These include developing the arguments for substance dualism, which can potentially offer a metaphysical ground for affirming the distinctiveness of human nature and human rights in comparison with AI, an issue which has been debated by secular ethicists and which has significant implications on societal considerations concerning AI.

人工智能（AI）在中国的发展突飞猛进，挑战着我们对人的本质和人格的理解。这挑战构成了许多基督徒对人工智能的一些负面看法，而这些负面观点加剧了全球社会某些群体对于人工智能发展的抵制。本文提出分析神学资源（分析哲学在基督教神学中的应用）可以帮助中国神学家解决人工智能为基督教神学提出的一系列研究问题的各种方法，并与中华哲学相结合。这包括发展物质二元论的论据，就可能为确认人的本质，人权与人工智能相比性提供形而上学独特分叉的基础。这个问题一直受到世俗伦理学家的争论，并且对有关人工智能的社会考虑具有重大影响。