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When nice guys are dangerous
Two recent buzzy, twisty thrillers put gender dynamics at the center of the drama.
A crushing lack of humanity
Both Apple’s “Crush” ad and Catholic Answers’ AI priest alarmed people. There’s some hope in that reaction.
A pulpit without a context
I asked ChatGPT for a sermon. What it wrote seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere.
Faith, hope, love, and AI
Our different responses to artificial intelligence point to different stories—and different Christian virtues.
Artificial intelligence needs theology
What exactly is an “evil robot”? Who gets to define it?
What the humanities can offer in this technological moment
The growth of artificial intelligence is opening a conversation for which ethicists and theologians are uniquely qualified.
The problem with artificial intelligence is us
As long as AI is trained on human behavior, it will tend to replicate our worst flaws.
by Jessica Mesman
A robot learns to be a child
The central character of Kazuo Ishiguro’s virtuosic 2021 novel is an “Artificial Friend” with a young girl’s body.
by David A. Hoekema
An economist bears witness
Our past, present, and future in five short chapters
by Samuel Wells
by James M. Wall