ROBOTIC AI, CRISPR, AND FREE WILL.
Yaqub Chaudhary focuses on how AI and virtual and augmented reality reconstruct mind and world: humans and machines, as well…
Resource Type: Journal Article
TRANSCENDING OUR BIOLOGY: A VIRTUE ETHICS INTERPRETATION OF THE APPEAL TO NATURE IN TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS.
'Arguments from nature' are used, and have historically been used, in popular responses to advances in technology and to environmental…
Protecting God from Science and Technology: How Religious Criticisms of Biotechnologies Backfire.
Many religious critics argue that biotechnology (such as cloning and genetic engineering) intrudes on God’s domain, or plays God, or…
TRANSHUMANISM AS A SECULARIST FAITH.
In the second half of the twentieth century, humanism- namely, the worldview that underpinned Western thought for several centuries-has been…
From Commodification to the Common Good: Reconstructing Science, Technology, and Society.
Radder is a philosopher of science and technology, who has always had a wide interest in the links among science,…
GEOENGINEERING, THEOLOGY, AND THE MEANING OF BEING HUMAN.
Because of the lack of a meaningful international response to global warming, geoengineering has emerged as a potential technological response…
Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Conscious Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering.
The discussion on technologies that tamper with the human brain are well embedded in data from cognitive neuroscience regarding how…
INTRODUCTION TO ‘THE ENERGY TRANSITION: RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES’.
Energy typically is discussed in terms of science, technology, economics, and politics. Little attention has been given to fundamental religious…
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning.
As the narrative unfolds, a pivotal revelation emerges: even as machines grow to emulate human functions, the intrinsic human quest…
REVEREND ROBOT: AUTOMATION AND CLERGY: with Mohammad Yaqub Chaudhary, “Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and the Re‐Enchantment of the World”; and William Young, “Reverend Robot: Automation and Clergy.”.
Digital technology, including artificial intelligence, is having a dramatic impact on the professions of medicine, law, journalism, finance, and others.…
A Case for Hope in a Warming World.
It is difficult to feel hopeful in a rapidly warming world. But hope is not just a feeling. It is…
Religion among Robots: An If/When of Future Machine Intelligence.
The study of religion arose as a tool of empire but also stands as a possible counterpoint to that colonizing…
Cyborg Theology: Humans, Technology and God.
And so despite the seeming irrelevance of Eden and other theological narratives in a secular age, Midson advocates that "[we]…
TECHNOLOGY, THEOLOGY, AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
Digitalization and the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will bring about substantial changes in all aspects of life. This happens…