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In this episode, we bring together three scholars from the Jewish, Christian, and Buddhist faith, for a deep and meaningful discussion about the roots of consciousness and the implications on ethics. This all leads to the critical question we will all have to answer in the coming year: what ethical obligations do we have to artificial intelligence?
Meet our Speakers
Gilad Berenstein Is currently working in venture capital in Seattle after founding and leading a successful travel personalization startup and serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). Gilad holds masters and undergraduate degrees from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Peter Hershock is Director of the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai’i where he helped launch the Center’s initiative on Humane Artificial Intelligence, which focuses on the societal impacts and ethical issues raised by emerging technologies. Peter holds a PhD from the University of Hawai’i in Asian and Comparative Philosophy. His research and writing draw on Buddhist conceptual resources to reflect on and address contemporary issues of global concern.
Michael J. Paulus, Jr. is University Librarian at Creighton University, and was previously Dean of the Library, Assistant Provost for Educational Technology, and Associate Professor of Information Studies at Seattle Pacific University. Dr. Paulus is the author of Artificial Intelligence and the Apocalyptic Imagination: Artificial Agency and Human Hope (2023) and co-editor of AI, Faith, and the Future: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2022). His latest book, Hope in the Library: Shaping Our Future with Artificial Intelligence, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury.
Rabbi Daniel Weiner is the senior rabbi of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, the Pacific Northwest’s largest and oldest synagogue, in Seattle and Bellevue, WA. He is a pioneer in video worship, an author and columnist for Seattle newspapers, and leads the worship rock band at TDS.
Views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of AI and Faith or any of its leadership.
Production: Pablo Salmones and Penny Yuen
Host: Gilad Berenstein
Guests: Peter Hershock, Michael Paulus and Rabbi Daniel Weiner
Editing: Isabelle Braconnot
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