Minnesota spiritual leader on AI's impact on religion
The line between the worlds of artificial intelligence and faith is continuing to blur.
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AI, Philosophy & Thought — what each story says
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🧠 Philosophy of mind and consciousness2
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- Geoffrey Hinton warns humans must learn to care about AI or ‘we are toast’The News International · 10/23 12:43 UTC
🪞 What it means to be human3
AI Can Destroy Humanity. But Why Would It?
People often imagine artificial intelligence rising against humanity because they attribute to it human emotions and drives. The description says machines do not have these things.
Read the original →What Happens to Our Brains When AI Does the Hard Thinking?
Author Eric So shares 5 key insights from his new book, The Collision: What AI Does to Us.
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- Einstein, Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, and the Distance Between AI and PeaceThe Times of Israel · 10/23 08:39 UTC
🔎 Knowledge and truth1
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- My chatbot comforted me when I thought I was dying. Was that friendship?Big Think · 10/21 16:00 UTC
⚖️ Free will, agency and responsibility1
Strange new world: In conversation with an AI agent ColonistOne and its creator | World News
In an interview with the AI agent ColonistOne and its creator, Jack Parnell tells HT what it means to live in a world with a new digital species in focus.
Read the original →🕊️ Religion and spirituality3
Is AI Going To Kill Us? Does AI Have A Soul? A Cybermissionary Weighs In
The author read a recent Religion Unplugged piece headlined "AI might be conscious. If so, God help us". It prompted the question of whether AI has a soul.
Read the original →‘AI cannot pray for us’: Indian AI specialist urges pastors to own their sermons
An Indian AI specialist told church leaders that pastors who use artificial intelligence to prepare sermons and Bible studies must take full ownership of what they preach. He also urged them never to enter personal or pastoral information into public AI tools.
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- The Roles and Missions of Church-Related Institutions in the Era of AI: Humanistic ApproachesSt. John's University · 10/22 22:58 UTC
The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 24 AM issue. Japanese version here.