AI and Faith

AI and Faith
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Welcome to the AI and Faith podcast! We are a community of expert technologists, professionals and faith leaders bringing the ancient wisdom of the world’s major religions to the ethics of artificial intelligence.

  1. 3d ago

    AI and Ethics of Healthcare #75

    Listen to our podcast with two AI and Faith experts and leading voices working at the intersection of AI and healthcare ethics: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad and Yuriko Ryan. They explore how responsible AI design intersects with healthcare ethics, particularly as AI systems increasingly shape diagnosis, care, and decision-making for aging and vulnerable populations. The discussion focused on what faith-informed ethical frameworks can offer to AI systems that affect, and in a growing number of cases substantially determine, decisions affecting human lives. Listen now to our conversation. Meet our host: ⁠Greg Cootsona is the Executive Director for AI and Faith. He is also a lecturer in Comparative Religion and Humanities at California State University, Chico, and co-founder of Science for the Church, a nonprofit bringing science and technology to Christian congregations.Meet our guests: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad is an Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Baylor College of Medicine. His research spans AI in healthcare and medicine, personality emulation, and the social and ethical implications of emerging AI technologies.Yuriko Ryan is a bioethicist-gerontologist with over 20 years of international experience in healthcare ethics and policy research. Based in Vancouver, Canada, she holds a Doctorate in Bioethics from Loyola University of Chicago and is a certified Healthcare Ethics Consultant (HEC-C). Read more details about the episode here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/ai-and-ethics-of-healthcare-75/ 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: Greg Cootsona Guests: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad and Yuriko Ryan Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    AI and Ethics of Healthcare #75

  2. Oct 15

    Reclaiming Human Agency - Part 2 #74

    In this conversation, we continue our discussion of the book Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. In the previous episode, we were joined by three of the book’s authors from the AI Research Group of the Vatican’s Centre for Digital Culture, Paul Scherz, Brian Green, and Noreen Herzfeld. In this episode, we will broaden the discussion to include responses from Rabbi Geoff Mitelman and Islamic scholar Ali-Reza Bhojani and a discussion among all five speakers. Meet our host: Dr. Mark Graves is the Research Director at AI & Faith, a Research Associate Professor of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Visiting Scholar at University of San Francisco. Meet our guests: Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman is the founder of Sinai and Synapses. Previously he served as a pulpit rabbi, taught at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion and the Academy for Jewish Religion. Ali-Reza Bhojani is Assistant Professor in islamic Ethics in the department of Theology & Religion at The University of Birmingham and Honorary Fellow at the Al-Mahdi Institute. Dr. Brian Patrick Green is the Director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and teaches AI ethics and space ethics in the school’s Graduate School of Engineering. His work focuses on the ethics, philosophy, and theology of technology.Dr. Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict where she teaches in both the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Theology.Dr. Paul Scherz is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and a Program Chair for the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab. His work examines the intersection of theology, science, medicine, and technology. Read more details about the episode here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/reclaiming-human-agency-part-2/ 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: Dr. Mark Graves Guests: Rabbi Geoff Mitelman, Ali-Reza Bhojani, Dr. Paul Scherz, Dr. Brian Green, and Dr. Noreen Herzfeld Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    Reclaiming Human Agency - Part 2 #74

  3. Oct 1

    Reclaiming Human Agency - Part 1 #73

    In this conversation, we discuss the book Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. We are joined by three of the book’s thirteen authors from the AI Research Group of the Vatican’s Centre for Digital Culture who summarize and discuss the book: Dr. Paul Scherz, Dr. Brian Green, and Dr. Noreen Herzfeld. The book examines how AI can erode human agency and ways to construct responsible human agency in an age with AI. In our next episode, we will broaden the discussion to include a rabbi and Islamic scholar. Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/reclaiming-human-agency-1/ 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: Dr. Mark Graves Guests: Dr. Paul Scherz, Dr. Brian Green, and Dr. Noreen Herzfeld Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    Reclaiming Human Agency - Part 1 #73

  4. Sep 17

    Living with AI: A Buddhist Perspective #72

    Listen to a conversation with Shoukei Matsumoto, Buddhist monk and author of “A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind”. Dive into his view on navigating these uncertain times with the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/ai-a-buddhist-perspective/ 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: Pablo Andrés Ruz Salmones Guest: Shoukei Matsumoto Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    Living with AI: A Buddhist Perspective #72

  5. Sep 3

    AI in the News and Current Affairs: AI Governance, AI Creativity and More #71

    As we finish the summer, we invited two of our guests back to continue our conversation about artificial intelligence in the news and in current affairs. We spoke about the AI lab leaks we’ve been reading about all summer, about AI creativity and it’s impact on art, and about the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence. Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/ai-news-governance-creativity/ 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: Ben Christensen and Dr. Marcus Schwarting Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    AI in the News and Current Affairs: AI Governance, AI Creativity and More #71

  6. Aug 21

    The Golden Rule and the Narrow Path: Building AI That Keeps Its Word #70

    Listen to a conversation with Luke Hartsock, co-founder and CEO of Gearvox, and Greg Cootsona, AI and Faith's executive director. Dive into this conversation about Luke's most recent paper: "When Words Become Weights: How LLMs Humiliate the Word, and How to Build Dialogue That Doesn't." They also discussed how faith can influence AI development and Luke's AI system called GANDALF. Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/ai-that-keeps-its-word/ 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 YuenHost: Greg CootsonaGuest: Luke HartsockEditing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    The Golden Rule and the Narrow Path: Building AI That Keeps Its Word #70

  7. Aug 6

    How to Use the Bible to Guide Our Artificial Intelligence Decisions #69

    Listen to Doug Estes and Marcus Schwarting, two Christian biblical scholars, discuss their new book: 40 Bible Passages About AI: Scripture for an Age of Intelligent Machines. Take a deep dive with us while learning all about the ways AI decisions can be guided from the Bible. From what to do and what not to do to specific passages, they shed light on the many difficult decisions facing humanity. You can read the book here: https://www.amazon.com.br/Bible-Passages-About-Scripture-Intelligent-ebook/dp/B0H5LHQ8HM Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/bible-to-guide-ai-decisions-69/ 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. Douglas Estes and Dr. Marcus Schwarting Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    How to Use the Bible to Guide Our Artificial Intelligence Decisions #69

  8. Jul 30

    Two Chaplains Discuss Artificial Intelligence and Bioethics #68

    In this conversation, we were joined by Tracy Trothen and Jason Weiner, a Christian and a Jewish chaplain on the front lines of bioethics. We discussed how each of them bring their faith and religious tradition to the very modern questions posed by bioethics and artificial intelligence emergence into this field. Meet the speakers here: https://aiandfaith.org/aif-podcast/chaplains-discuss-ai-bioethics/ See more bioethics resources here: https://aiandfaith.org/news/ai-and-bioethics-resources/ 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. Tracy Trothen and Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

    Two Chaplains Discuss Artificial Intelligence and Bioethics #68
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Welcome to the AI and Faith podcast! We are a community of expert technologists, professionals and faith leaders bringing the ancient wisdom of the world’s major religions to the ethics of artificial intelligence.

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    AI and Faith
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    2024 - 2026
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