Imago Dei dan Simulakra Digital: Respons Antropologi Teologi Reformed terhadap Chatbot AI
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Imago Dei, Artificial Intelligence, simulasi emosi digital, teologi Reformed, Westminster Larger Catechism, Heidelberg CatechismAbstract
Perkembangan kecerdasan buatan (Artificial Intelligence/ AI), khususnya Chatbot AI yang mampu mensimulasi respon emosional dalam percakapan, memunculkan pertanyaan mengenai batasan keunikan manusia sebagai Imago Dei. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi kemampuan afektif Chatbot AI melalui prespektif antropologi teologis Reformed berdasarkan Kejadian 1:26-27, Westminster Larger Catechism dan Heidelberg Catechism. Penilitian ini menggunakan studi kepustakaan dengan pendekatan analisis teologis-komparatif terhadap teks Kejadian 1:26-27, katekismus dalam tradisi Reformed dan literatur pendukung lainnya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan, meskipun Chatbot AI dapat mensimulasikan ekspresi emosional manusia tetapi AI tidak memiliki jiwa, kesadaran moral dan kapasitas untuk berelasi dengan Allah. Oleh karena itu, kemampuan afektif AI tidak dapat disamakan dengan keberadaan manusia sebagai Imago Dei. Penelitian ini berkontribusi menawarkan kerangka antropologi teologi Reformed sebagai pembeda konseptual antara simulasi afektif dan hakikat manusia sebagai Imago Dei. Pemanfaatan AI, khususnya Chatbot AI harus tetap menjaga keutamaan manusia dalam relasi yang autentik dan martabatnya sebagai Imago Dei.
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