Is AI the New Printing Press? [AI 3/4]
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Balancing Hope and Caution in Technological Change
Tikvah urges proactive, hope-driven responses to AI, learning from past disruptions like Darwin and social media.
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This series is sponsored by American Security Foundation.
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast—recorded at the 18Forty X ASFoundation AI Summit—we speak with Moshe Koppel, Malka Simkovich, and Tikvah Wiener about what the AI revolution will mean for the Jewish community.
In this episode we discuss:
Interview begins at 14:26.
Dr. Moshe Koppel is a computer scientist, Talmud scholar, and political activist. Moshe is a professor of computer science at Bar-Ilan University, and a prolific author of academic articles and books on Jewish thought, computer science, economics, political science, and other disciplines. He is the founding director of Kohelet, a conservative-libertarian think tank in Israel, and he advises members of the Knesset on legislative matters.
Dr. Malka Simkovich is the director and editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society and previously served as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She earned a doctoral degree in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism from Brandeis University and a Master’s degree in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University.
Tikvah Wiener is Founder and Co-Director of The Idea Institute, which, since 2014, has trained close to 2000 educators in project-based learning and innovative pedagogies. From 2018-2023, she was also Head of School of The Idea School, a Jewish, project-based learning high school in Tenafly, NJ.
References:
“Lazy Sunday - SNL Digital Short”
Mechkarim Be-sifrut Ha-teshuvot by Yitzchak Ze'ev Kahane
"In the Shadow of the Emperor: The Hatam Sofer’s Copyright Rulings" by David Nimmer
Meta-Halakhah: Logic, Intuition, and the Unfolding of Jewish Law by Moshe Koppel
Judaism Straight Up by Moshe Koppel
“Yiddishkeit Without Ideology: A Letter To My Son” by Moshe Koppel
@ShabbosReads
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In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast—recorded at the 18Forty X ASFoundation AI Summit—we speak with Moshe Koppel, Malka Simkovich, and Tikvah Wiener about what the AI revolution will mean for the Jewish community.
In this episode we discuss:
- How is AI going to change the dynamics, cadence, and rhythm of Jewish life?
- Should we panic about AI replacing the role of creative human work?
- What can Jewish and world history teach us about this moment?
Interview begins at 14:26.
Dr. Moshe Koppel is a computer scientist, Talmud scholar, and political activist. Moshe is a professor of computer science at Bar-Ilan University, and a prolific author of academic articles and books on Jewish thought, computer science, economics, political science, and other disciplines. He is the founding director of Kohelet, a conservative-libertarian think tank in Israel, and he advises members of the Knesset on legislative matters.
Dr. Malka Simkovich is the director and editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society and previously served as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She earned a doctoral degree in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism from Brandeis University and a Master’s degree in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University.
Tikvah Wiener is Founder and Co-Director of The Idea Institute, which, since 2014, has trained close to 2000 educators in project-based learning and innovative pedagogies. From 2018-2023, she was also Head of School of The Idea School, a Jewish, project-based learning high school in Tenafly, NJ.
References:
“Lazy Sunday - SNL Digital Short”
Mechkarim Be-sifrut Ha-teshuvot by Yitzchak Ze'ev Kahane
"In the Shadow of the Emperor: The Hatam Sofer’s Copyright Rulings" by David Nimmer
Meta-Halakhah: Logic, Intuition, and the Unfolding of Jewish Law by Moshe Koppel
Judaism Straight Up by Moshe Koppel
“Yiddishkeit Without Ideology: A Letter To My Son” by Moshe Koppel
@ShabbosReads
For more18Forty:
NEWSLETTER: 18forty.org/join
CALL: (212) 582-1840
EMAIL: info@18forty.org
WEBSITE: 18forty.org
IG: @18forty
X: @18_forty
WhatsApp: join here
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support.
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