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AI, Faith, and the Future Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

I am pleased to announce that AI, Faith, and the Future<\/i>, a book\u00a0I edited and authored with a number of my colleagues, is now available<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This book, which emerged from a faculty research group at Seattle Pacific University<\/a>, is an interdisciplinary exploration of artificial intelligence. From the cover:<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence is rapidly and radically changing our lives and world. This book is a multidisciplinary engagement with the present and future impacts of AI from the standpoint of Christian faith. It provides technological, philosophical, and theological foundations for thinking about AI, as well as a series of reflections on the impact of AI on relationships, behavior, education, work, and moral action. The book serves as an accessible introduction to AI as well as a guide to wise consideration, design, and use of AI by examining foundational understandings and beliefs from a Christian perspective.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The introduction to the book is available here<\/a>, and a review from AI and Faith is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As I noted in my last post<\/a>, I recently had the honor of presenting an endowed lecture on a second related book project titled Artificial Intelligence and the Apocalyptic Imagination: The Ends of Artificial Agency<\/em>. A video and manuscript of that talk is available here<\/a>, slides are available here<\/a>, and a discussion of both projects may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would be happy to connect with anyone interested in additional information about either of these projects.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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