Interviews
An Interview with Dr. Philip Butler
Dr. Philip Butler is Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Posthuman Artificial Intelligence Systems at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. Professor Butler is also a panelist for the program “AI and Religion in 2041” organized by AI&F for the AI...
Interview with Milind Makwana, Leader in PayPal’s Believe ERG
We’re delighted to welcome Milind Makwana as a new AI and Faith Advisor for AI product development and Faith ERGs. Milind is joining us as a result of his participation in the recent National Faith ERG Conference in Washington, DC. Milind is a senior technical...
An Interview with Mark Graves on The Making of Moral AI
When we host a Conversation in Faith, we now ask experts to ease into our subject with a reading that's relevant to the discussion that will shortly follow. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the...
Urban Planner Anthony Townsend Interview: The implication of Autonomous Vehicles for Thriving Communities
Anthony Townsend Interview: the implications of autonomous vehicles for thriving communities Dr. Anthony Townsend is President and Founder of Star City Group, where he works around the world with industry, government and philanthropy on urban tech foresight, policy,...
An Interview with Andrew DeBerry: Teaching AI to Do Good
After connecting through AI & Faith, Andrew DeBerry and I hit it off immediately. We have a lot in common – our respective backgrounds in the defense community, our shared Christian faith, our current work in the social media world, and our interest in mitigating...
Interviewing Distinguished UW Law Professors Anita Ramasastry and Ryan Calo about Human Rights and Tech Ethics
Anita Ramasastry (AR below) is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law, and an expert and leading academic in the fields of anti-corruption and business and human rights. At the University of Washington, she directs the...
An Interview with Wired’s Spiritual Advisor Meghan O’Gieblyn on Technology, Transhumanism, and the Afterlife
Meghan O’Gieblyn writes essays, features, and criticism for Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, Bookforum, n+1, The Point, The Believer, The Guardian, The New York Times, Paris Review Daily, and other publications. She is the recipient of three Pushcart Prizes. One...
Talking with Robert Marks, Director of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence
Robert J. Marks II, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering & Computer Science at Baylor University. He is the Director and a Senior Fellow of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence. Marks is...
On Christian Faith and Work with David Kim, CEO of Goldenwood
David Kim is the CEO and co-founder of Goldenwood. Over the past several decades, Rev. Dr. David Kim has trained, consulted, and counseled hundreds of leaders and organizations in developing a robust, meaningful integration of faith and work. David’s past experiences...
An Interview with Cancer Researcher Dr. Arvin Gouw on the Intersection of Health Research and Theology
Dr. Arvin Gouw is an instructor of medicine at Stanford and founder of Bacchus Therapeutics, developing small molecule inhibitors of cancer metabolic pathways. Arvin received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, master's degrees in...
An Interview with Micah Redding on Christian Transhumanism
Micah Redding is founder and executive director of the Christian Transhumanist Association, where he hosts public conversations on the future of religion and technology with leading thinkers such as Kevin Kelly, Aubrey de Grey, David Deutsch, and NT Wright. His work...
An Interview with Charles Arthur on the “Social Warming” of Truth
Charles Arthur is a journalist, author and speaker, writing on science and technology for over thirty years. He was technology editor of the Guardian from 2005-2014, and afterwards carried out research into social division at Cambridge University. He is the author of...
Animating the Stories and Themes of the Bible – An Interview with Jon Collins and Tim Mackie
BibleProject is a crowd-funded animation studio in Portland, Oregon whose mission is “to help people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus.” They have made hundreds of high quality animated videos explaining books and themes in the Bible that...
Professor Robert Geraci Discusses Epic and Alternative Life in AI
Dr. Robert M Geraci is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College and author of Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics (Oxford University Press, 2010), Virtually Sacred: Myth and Meaning in World of Warcraft and...
An Interview with Maryanne Wolf and Karen Swallow Prior on The Reading Brain
Dr. Karen Swallow Prior and Professor Maryanne Wolf have written extensively about reading and its impact on individuals and the world. Our Founding Member Emily Wenger, a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago in AI and machine learning, recently interviewed them...
Interview with Beth Singler, Cambridge-based researcher on AI and Religion
Beth Singler is the Junior Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, where she explores the social and religious implications of advances in AI and robotics. Dr. Singler is also an associate research fellow at the...
Meet Joanna Ng, AI Pioneer Computer Scientist and Disciple of Jesus
Joanna Ng is the founder of Devarim Design. She pivoted to innovate in an entrepreneurial start-up setting, when she left IBM in 2018 after three decades. At Devarim Joanna is continuing in AI, integrating with IoT and Blockchain, focusing on augmented cognition, and...
Privacy and the Common Good: An Interview with Dr. Eric Stoddart
Dr. Eric Stoddart is a Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Dr. Stoddart joined the School of Divinity in 2005. Previously, he held positions at the University of Aberdeen and the Scottish Churches Open College in Edinburgh. Prior...
Religious Digital Creatives and Artificial Intelligence – An Interview with Professor Heidi Campbell
Heidi Campbell is Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University where she teaches in Telecommunications and Media Studies. Since 1997 she has studied religion and the internet and what impact new media technologies are having on religious communities. She has...
Interview with Ed Moy, Former Director of US Mint, on Trust and Tech Currencies
Ed Moy served as the 38th Director of the U.S. Mint under Presidents Bush and Obama, as part of a long career as a dedicated public servant, shrewd business executive, private equity consultant, television commentator, public speaker, author, corporate director,...