1.0About Religion, Doubt and Why They Matterhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionmattersTricia Gates Brownhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionmatters/author/tgatesbrown/What Makes Us Human: On AI and the Human Animalrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OxWXvIW1rH"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionmatters/2024/04/what-makes-us-human/">What Makes Us Human: On AI and the Human Animal</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionmatters/2024/04/what-makes-us-human/embed/#?secret=OxWXvIW1rH" width="600" height="338" title="“What Makes Us Human: On AI and the Human Animal” — About Religion, Doubt and Why They Matter" data-secret="OxWXvIW1rH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1494/2024/04/Photo-by-Maksim-Chernyshev-for-Scopio2.jpg780520What makes us human? We can look at the ascent of AI with fear, or we can allow it to augment our resolve to live the best human lives we can.