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In this conversation, we were joined by two brilliant Christian scholars with deep expertise in artificial intelligence, to discuss many elements and insights from the pope’s encyclical regarding artificial intelligence. This podcast episode will touch on the common good, human distinctiveness, flourishing versus efficiency, and many other important topics.
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.
Dr. John P. Slattery is the Executive Director of the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law at Duquesne University. An ethicist, theologian, and historian, Slattery works at the many intersections of technology, science, politics, and faith.
Dr. Noreen Herzfeld is the Director of the Benedictine Spirituality and the Environment Program and Professor at St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary and a Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, ZRS Koper Slovenia. Her topics of interest include artificial intelligence, theology and science, eco spirituality, and ministry in a technological age. She is the author of several books on religion and technology, and a member of the AI Research Group of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education. She holds degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University and a PhD in Theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.
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
Guests: Dr. John P. Slattery and Dr. Noreen Herzfeld
Editing: Isabelle Braconnot
Music from #Uppbeat
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