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In this episode, we’re joined by Ben Olsen, longtime AI and Faith expert and the founder of the Faith Family Technology Network. We dive into a fascinating conversation about the organization’s mission and their role in navigating the defining political and social questions of our time—specifically, how the evolution of artificial intelligence is reshaping the lives of children and families.
Meet our speakers:
Host: 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.
Benjamin Olsen is the Executive Director of the Faith Family Technology Network, where the world’s leading religion and technology experts work together to anchor innovation in faith and in the family. Grounded in both his Eastern Catholic faith and a pioneering career in AI, he also advises churches, faith-based organizations, frontier labs, and research institutions through his company interintelligence. Ben led the Responsible AI movement at both Meta and Microsoft, co-authored Microsoft’s first Responsible AI Standard, and co-founded of the groundbreaking Technology for Religious Empowerment initiative at Microsoft Research. Ben is one of the first technologists to receive a major international religious freedom prize for his bridge-building between technology, religion, and society.
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: Penny Yuen
Host: Gilad Berenstein
Guest: Benjamin Olsen
Editing: Isabelle Braconnot
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