The problem of evil and suffering has long been a solid critique against theism. Recently, a conservative apologist has taken another swipe at this, writing:

• If science ever leads to the creation of fully functional AI robots, human beings will be the “creators” and will have the right to do with those robots what they will. Having created them from raw materials, whatever rights they are eventually given will be dependent entirely on the will, and wishes, of those who created them. See:

Of course, this does not solve the problem but pushes the issue back as to when a sufficiently advanced AI robot becomes sentient, like in this clip from Star Trek TNG: