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We have all been talking about AI of late and I have been on a bit of a reading deep dive about it. I am thrilled to have my friend Kester Brewin back on the podcast to talk about Artificial Intelligence & the future of religion. His new book, God-like: A 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters is out and 100% zesty. It is way too good for y’all not to check it out. It is not only a powerful telling of humanity’s ongoing relationship with technology and a reflection on the current questions surrounding AI, but it is also the most compelling radical theological text I have read. It demonstrates the symbolic starvation of a marketized public square, the wisdom of what has been harbored in religious reflection, and the need for the return of theology beyond religion. It is also practical theology at its best. It ends with a compelling call to community without an addiction to nostalgia or an allergy to the sacred. I would say more, but you can listen to our conversation.
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\nIn the year 1600 a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things.
\n350 years later, having witnessed \u2018Trinity\u2019 \u2013 the first test of the atomic bomb \u2013 America\u2019s leading scientist outlines a memory machine that will help end war on earth.
\n25 years in the making, an ex-soldier finally unveils this \u2018machine for augmenting human intellect\u2019, dazzling as he stands \u2018Zeus-like, dealing lightning with both hands.\u2019
\nAI is both stunningly new and rooted in ancient desires. As we finally welcome this \u2018god-like\u2019 technology amongst us, what can learn from the myths and monsters of the past about how to survive alongside our greatest ever invention?
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\nPrevious Episodes with Kester
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\nAdult VBS with Walter Brueggemann, Kester Brewin, and Kristen Howerton
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\nLet Sleeping Gods Die w/ Kester Brewin
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\nPlundering Religion with Kester Brewin, Peter Rollins, & Barry Taylor #Mutiny
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\nJoin us at Theology Beer Camp October 17-19, 2024!
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