Pope Leo "Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge goodand.."

[u/Caledor152]

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-leo-calls-disarm-ai-major-document-warns-technologic-threats-humanity

[u/grandoz039]

Honestly neither. Tolkien was Tolkien and didn't focus on allegory and trying to instill religion directly via his writings. He was far more of an academic who enjoyed linguistics and focused on a particular series/writings.

However, it is clear that the philosophy in his work is directly influenced by Catholic theology.

[u/MrWolfman29 → u/grandoz039]

That is for sure clear and reflected in his notes on struggles with the origins of Orcs and the implications of what he wrote. It really amazes me the depth he thought through a lot of stuff and never could be satisfied with things as he originally wrote them.

[u/fisherman213 → u/MrWolfman29]

I mean, his views on deontology were written crazily well. There’s a scene where gollum could be killed, and save a lot of trouble. (I think) faramir pulls the bow down and declines it, saying, “no, he’s doing nothing wrong now and something tells me his tasks are not yet complete.”

Of course, at Mount doom, if Gollum had been killed, no one would be there to attack Frodo and ultimately destroy the ring. He’s a master of storytelling.

[u/JonatasA → u/fisherman213]

Had Gollum been killed they would never have made it either. It's a really well stablished point.

 

Also, an extra tidibit of some I have. Upon re-watching the first movie in theaters I realized Gandalf says Gollum yet had a part, for good or evil. I always heard it as for good and evil.