In this podcast episode Elias Kruger and Maggie Bender talk about the latest news in the tech world, Generative AI. How can this new tech change the way we create and consume content? Introducing the paradox of hope and despair, this episode brings innovative thoughts on this topic. Listen to it now on your favorite platform. Listen to us on: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Make sure to share with family and friends to spread information. Reference links: Digging Into The Buzz And Fanfare Over Generative AI ChatGPT, Including Looming AI Ethics And AI Law Considerations ‘AI Art’ Companie ..read more

In a previous blog, we introduced our first scenario for the AI Futures project. Here we present our second scenario, Planetary Regeneration, which envisions high geopolitical cooperation that rises to meet the challenge of climate change. This hopeful scenario is not without its painful chapters yet it illustrates a viable path to a flourishing future. Also, please be sure to check out our AI 2045 Writing Contest. This will be one of the scenarios used for the stories. Every crisis is an invitation for change. Death and destruction often come before renewal can begin. 2025, later known as the ..read more

Our 7th episode is out! Have you missed us? In this podcast episode Elias Kruger and Maggie Bender continue their conversation about the future from the last episode taking a closer look into how we can imagine realistic futures by using key macrodrivers of change. The conversation also unpacks one of AI Theology’s latest projects. Listen to it on you favorite platform (links bellow).   To understand better this conversation, take a look at this scenario grid.  Listen to us on: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Make sure to share with family and friends to spread informa ..read more

January often puts us in a posture of reflection. New beginnings invite us to adjust, ponder and experiment. For example, per my wife’s wise encouragement, I started drinking 2 liters (64 ounces) of water a day. I also joined the local gym and started to work out 3 times a week. These two actions, and assuming I stick with them, will pay dividends for my health for years to come. I could have done it anytime before but for some reason, it took the coming of a season of reflection to jumpstart in the right direction. Yet, this is not a post about making new year’s resolutions. It is instead an ..read more

Video tapes, landlines and big computers. 20 years ago the life was very different from today. Can we predict the future by thinking about the past? Join Elias and Maggie in a conversation about how the past can help us envision the future. Listen now to the 6th episode of the AI Theology Podcast.  Listen to us on:  Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Make sure to share with family and friends to spread information. The post 6th AIT Podcast: A Talk about the Future – Part 1 appeared first on AI Theology ..read more

In the last few months, we have been busy working on a book project to describe plausible futures in the intersection of AI and faith. After some extensive brainstorming, the scenarios are finally starting to come alive (need a refresher on the project click here). After selecting our macro drivers, we have settled on the foundations for our 4 scenarios that form the backdrop for the stories to be written. Here is what they look like: Each quadrant represents the combination of drivers that undergirds that scenario. For example, in the Q1 scenario, we have National (divided geopolitical syste ..read more

Archimedes, a newly launched book by our AIT Advisory Board member Brian Sigmon, takes us on a sci-fi adventure. In the fifth episode of the AI Theology Podcast, Elias Kruger interviews Brian Sigmon, writer and member of our AIT Board, on his newest book.  Listen to us on:  Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Make sure to share with family and friends to spread information. Book Description: “Sometimes all it takes to be strong is to choose strength… A thief with a dangerous gift. Rising tensions over the Sun’s energy. A brutal attack in the lonely silence of space. When Ben Ashle ..read more

As AI technologies become more human-like, will they ever be able to meet our need for companionship? Pets already play that role creating deep bonds with us that transcend verbal communication. Yet, intelligent technologies have the potential to engage us in complex interactions never thought possible beyond two humans. That is the promise of digital companionship. What does that mean for the future of human relationships? First, definitions are in order. For the purposes of this piece, I will define digital companionship as an app (chatbot, digital assistant, or avatar) that develops a relat ..read more

The previous blog dealt with macro-trends. They help frame the future by establishing parameters that undergird the external common factors that all humanity must face. Now it is time to zoom in a little closer to our topic. Our task is to paint futures of the intersection between AI and faith. In this blog, we are looking at the faith side of the equation and primarily focusing on the future of Christianity. With that said, much of what is said here could apply to other religions and even non-religious beliefs. In fact, with the rise of the nones, the latter may very well become a viable opti ..read more

In my previous blog, I discussed the totalitarianism and determinism already created by today’s AI, concluding my argument with a distinction between a positive and a negative theology of AI. I also made, without any elaboration, an appeal for the latter. The terminology of this distinction may lead to some confusion. The name “artificial intelligence” is usually applied to computer-based, state-of-the-art algorithms that display behavior or skills of which it has formerly been thought only human beings are capable. Notwithstanding, an AI algorithm, and especially the whole array of AI algorit ..read more