Technology and religion sometimes seem like oil and water, but they've been crossing paths for centuries and aren't going to stop. Hosted by David Zvi Kalman. N...
What if AI and religion had a converging relationship rather than a parallel one? In Professor Beth Singler's new book, Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction, she explores how enmeshed technology and religion are in our current era, and how we as a society may be heading toward the creation and worship of a god-like AI.
Reading list:
Roko’s Basilisk or Pascal’s? Thinking of Singularity Thought Experiments as Implicit Religion
The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence
Existential Conversations with Large Language Models: Content, Community, and Culture
The Turing Church
Theta Noir
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The Temptation of AI Christ
The confessional booth is usually a private space for reflection and human connection. But what if, on the other side of the wall, you discovered you were asking forgiveness from a robot? This week, we're talking to Marco Schmid, the theologian at St. Peter's Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, about how his church uses AI to guide people to and through their prayer.
You can read more about St. Peter's Chapel and its AI program on NPR or The Guardian, or join AI Jesus for an interactive chat on Twitch.
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Does Religion Have Wisdom for Tech?
Does religion have a role in developing ethical frameworks around technology? On this episode, we're talking to Rabbi Zvika Kreiger, spiritual leader of Chochmat Halev and former Director of Responsible Innovation at Facebook. Zvika and host David Zvi Kalman dive into the Metaverse and discuss how religious leaders can lean into technology, and what separation of tech and religion looks like.
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Is Tech Too Fast to be Governed?
Technology moves quickly – often times faster than governments can create laws to regulate it. So how do we adapt our lawmaking practices to keep up?
We’re talking to Gideon Lichfield, a journalist and alum of MIT Technology Review, The Economist, and WIRED Magazine, about how lawmaking can keep up with the fast pace of our digital world, and how government and religion mirror each other when interfacing with new technology.
Reading list:
Gideon’s newsletter, Futurepolis.
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
Dune by Frank Herbert
Karl Schroeder
Kim Stanley Robinson
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The Secret Synagogue Tapes
You're not allowed to record in synagogue. But what if you're saving a dying culture?
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Technology and religion sometimes seem like oil and water, but they've been crossing paths for centuries and aren't going to stop. Hosted by David Zvi Kalman. New episode every other week.
Belief in the Future is a production of Sinai and Synapses. It was made with support from Templeton World Charity Foundation.
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