In the near future, conversations with sociable AI apps on our phones will rouse in us the empathy that we usually experience only in conversation with fellow human beings. Exploring the theological origins of our understanding of the "person," and engaging with contemporary philosophers of AI and of mind, I will consider what these apparent persons might be and how we might live as their owners without destroying our own personhood.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jordan Wales is an Associate Professor and the John and Helen Kuczmarski Chair in Theology at Hillsdale College, where he teaches historical theology. His scholarship focuses on early Christianity as well as contemporary questions relating to theology and Artificial Intelligence. His work appears in AI & Society; Augustinian Studies; Autonomous Robots; Contagion; and the Journal of Moral Theology, among others. He has edited two volumes of writings by Athanasius and Irenaeus, forthcoming from Ave Maria Press of Notre Dame. He currently is at work on a book on AI and theology.
ABOUT THE JAMES M. HOUSTON CENTRE FOR HUMANITY AND THE COMMON GOOD:
The James M. Houston Centre for Humanity and the Common Good is a five-year initiative of Regent College dedicated to the question of human identity and its importance for conceptions of the good life. Grounded in Dr. James M. Houston’s Christian theological vision of integrative scholarship combining academic study, practical research, and lived reality, the Centre will provide opportunities for interdisciplinary and inter-religious dialogue on the question of what it means to be human. Through planned collaboration with UBC and other academic institutions, and by inviting insights from a wide range of secular and religious perspectives, the Centre aims to engage in a broad consideration of human identity and the common good.
3 окт 2024
