AI and Faith

In this conversation, we continue our discussion of the book Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. In the previous episode, we were joined by three of the book’s authors from the AI Research Group of the Vatican’s Centre for Digital Culture, Paul Scherz, Brian Green, and Noreen Herzfeld. In this episode, we will broaden the discussion to include responses from Rabbi Geoff Mitelman and Islamic scholar Ali-Reza Bhojani and a discussion among all five speakers.Meet our host:Dr. Mark Graves is the Research Director at AI & Faith, a Research Associate Professor of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Visiting Scholar at University of San Francisco.Meet our guests:Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman is the founder of Sinai and Synapses. Previously he served as a pulpit rabbi, taught at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion and the Academy for Jewish Religion. Ali-Reza Bhojani is Assistant Professor in islamic Ethics in the department of Theology & Religion at The University of Birmingham and Honorary Fellow at the Al-Mahdi Institute. Dr. Brian Patrick Green is the Director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and teaches AI ethics and space ethics in the school’s Graduate School of Engineering. His work focuses on the ethics, philosophy, and theology of technology.Dr. Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict where she teaches in both the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Theology.Dr. Paul Scherz is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and a Program Chair for the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab. His work examines the intersection of theology, science, medicine, and technology.Read more details about the episode here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/reclaiming-human-agency-part-2/Views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of AI and Faith or any of its leadership.Production: Penny YuenHost: Dr. Mark GravesGuests: Rabbi Geoff Mitelman, Ali-Reza Bhojani, Dr. Paul Scherz, Dr. Brian Green, and Dr. Noreen HerzfeldEditing: Isabelle BraconnotMusic from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

In this conversation, we discuss the book Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. We are joined by three of the book’s thirteen authors from the AI Research Group of the Vatican’s Centre for Digital Culture who summarize and discuss the book: Dr. Paul Scherz, Dr. Brian Green, and Dr. Noreen Herzfeld. The book examines how AI can erode human agency and ways to construct responsible human agency in an age with AI. In our next episode, we will broaden the discussion to include a rabbi and Islamic scholar.Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/reclaiming-human-agency-1/Views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of AI and Faith or any of its leadership.Production: Penny YuenHost: Dr. Mark GravesGuests: Dr. Paul Scherz, Dr. Brian Green, and Dr. Noreen HerzfeldEditing: Isabelle BraconnotMusic from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

Listen to a conversation with Shoukei Matsumoto, Buddhist monk and author of “A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind”. Dive into his view on navigating these uncertain times with the rise of Artificial Intelligence.Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/ai-a-buddhist-perspective/Views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of AI and Faith or any of its leadership.Production: Penny YuenHost: Pablo Andrés Ruz Salmones Guest: Shoukei Matsumoto Editing: Isabelle BraconnotMusic from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

As we finish the summer, we invited two of our guests back to continue our conversation about artificial intelligence in the news and in current affairs. We spoke about the AI lab leaks we’ve been reading about all summer, about AI creativity and it’s impact on art, and about the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence.Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/ai-news-governance-creativity/Views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of AI and Faith or any of its leadership.Production: Penny YuenHost: Gilad Berenstein Guests: Ben Christensen and Dr. Marcus SchwartingEditing: Isabelle BraconnotMusic from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

Listen to a conversation with Luke Hartsock, co-founder and CEO of Gearvox, and Greg Cootsona, AI and Faith's executive director. Dive into this conversation about Luke's most recent paper: "When Words Become Weights: How LLMs Humiliate the Word, and How to Build Dialogue That Doesn't." They also discussed how faith can influence AI development and Luke's AI system called GANDALF.Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/ai-that-keeps-its-word/Views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of AI and Faith or any of its leadership.Production: Penny YuenHost: Greg CootsonaGuest: Luke HartsockEditing: Isabelle BraconnotMusic from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39