The Future of You

AI, Religion and Identity #12

Nov 16, 2022

Prof. Dr. Beth Singler and Rev. Dr. Joshua K. Smith discuss digital religion, AI's impact on spirituality, perspective bias, anthropomorphism of AI, outsourcing decision making to AI, the reemergence of occult aesthetics, and the interconnectedness of secularization and AI.

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Dr. Beth Singler

Rev. Dr. Joshua K. Smith

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The podcast discusses the trends in digital religion and the development of communities and ideas about technology online.

AI shapes and influences spiritual identity and religiosity, with the emergence of new religious movements and spiritualities online.

The conversation explores ethical concerns surrounding AI, including the role of corporations, perspective bias, and personal agency in AI decision making.

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Trends in Digital Religion

The podcast episode discusses the trends in digital religion, highlighting the development of communities and ideas about technology online.

Introduction

2min

Technology and Spirituality

9min

Anthropomorphization of Robots and Robot Rights

26min

The Impact of AI and Technology during the Pandemic

8min

The Occult Aesthetic and Conspiracy Theories Surrounding AI

8min

Survival of the Richest and the Interconnectedness of Secularization and AI

11min

Exploring More about the Speakers' Work and Upcoming Publications

3min

Today, I'm joined by Prof. Dr. Beth Singler, Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s) at the University of Zurich and Rev. Dr. Joshua K. Smith, Pastor and Theologian, to discuss digital religion, and our spiritual identity online.

This episode of The Future of You covers:

The trends in digital religion
How people are developing communities and ideas about technology online
How AI shapes and molds what we are doing spiritually.
Our perspective bias at the dawn of a new millennium
Anthropomorphism of AI
Whether AI can help us become better moral beings
Corporatist agency, personal agency, and AI politicians
The ongoing outsourcing of our own decision making to AI
Nihilism, apocalypticism, and the reemergence of the Satanic and occult aesthetic.

The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?: www.amazon.co.uk/Future-You-Identity-21st-Century-Technology-ebook/dp/B08XBN4GBB

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The Future of You

AI, Religion and Identity #12

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Trends in Digital Religion

AI and Spiritual Identity

Perspective Bias and Anthropomorphism of AI

Ethics, Corporations, and Personal Agency

Nihilism, Apocalyptism, and Occult Aesthetic

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts