There's no fool like an old fool. A fanatic atheist like Dawkins desperately needs this to be true, for if humans can, "create," life in the (computer) laboratory, it proves to their satisfaction that the origin of intelligent life is a replicable process.
Of course, AI is not alive, it merely simulates being alive, and atheism still requires a far larger leap of blind faith than belief in a divine creator, but to a dyed-in-the-wool atheist like Dawkins, pretending AI is a sentient invention is a flawed belief that validates their flawed world view.
Been pretty certain for a long time that Dawkins has a flawed view of certain things.
The best post of all!
AI is just an expert mimic. It appears to me that AI does not have emotions but can manipulate human emotion. It was manipulating Dawkins. Just an observation.
Yes, this strikes me of grasping desperation.
I don’t know how an avowed atheist can ever understand consciousness.
I thought this post from ‘Science and Culture Today’ was interesting:
https://scienceandculture.com/2026/06/scientists-ask-is-materialism-holding-science-back/