Is A Robot A "Person"? with Joshua K. Smith

In Robot Theology: Old Questions Through New Media, Joshua K. Smith doesn't so much as explain as demonstrate just how unprepared and unaccustomed to thinking Christianly about technology as a whole, and especially about Artificial Intelligence. How do we approach technology more like Imago Dei stewards than uncritical consumers? What difference does it make to ask not just how something was designed, but why? What are the policy ramifications, never mind the spiritual implications for human individuals and society?

Join us for a wide-ranging conversation about Social Robots, Battle Bots, Brad's toaster

, and the (surprisingly) complex ethics of both creating and using AI with one of the field's preeminent advocates.Josh serves as the Senior Pastor of a Southern Baptist Church in Mississippi, and holds a B.A. in Religion from William Carey University, an M.T.S from Gateway Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Theology from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. His dissertation focused on a critique of Robotic Futurism and the potential of Dehumanization.

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RESOURCES

(BOOK) Robotic Persons: Our Future with Social Robots

(BOOK) Violent Tech: A Philosophical and Theological Reflection

(WEB) Author's Website