Artificial Intelligence and the Issues of Creation, Sentience, and Consciousness: A Teo-ethnographic Perspective

Artificial intelligence (AI) has colored human civilization. It is the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform general tasks associated with specific patterns of intelligence. AI is not human, but it possesses intelligence similar to humans, and it can even inform or perform tasks that humans cannot. Artificial intelligence is used in various fields, ranging from education, healthcare, economy, to agriculture. Artificial intelligence is the product of human creation, sentiment, and consciousness. It is the result of human intelligence itself. AI can answer questions and provide intelligent recommendations for humans. With its algorithmic capabilities, AI can analyze billions of signals and make precise recommendations. At this level, artificial intelligence represents human intelligence. However, the question is whether artificial intelligence has sensitivity, sentiment, empathy, and solidarity toward the humans who created it. Or does artificial intelligence then transform into a director of human beings in their self-actualization? Using a phenomenological approach, this research aims to explore the phenomenon of the presence of artificial intelligence, which offers convenience for human work, but at the same time, the presence of AI reduces the value of humans who possess creative intuition, sentiment, and consciousness. Yet AI is born from the ability of humans to create, feel, and think. The results of this exploration are then given a theological and ethnographic perspective (teo-ethnography). Keywords: artificial intelligence, creation, sentiment, consciousness, teo-ethnography