AI and Faith

AI and Faith Advisor and founder of Sinai and Synapses, Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman, talks about building bridges between science and religion and what is necessary to build a common future. 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: David Brenner, Ed Melick, Pablo A. Ruz Salmones and Penny Yuen Host: Pablo A. Ruz Salmones Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

In this podcast, AI&F Advisor Vikram Modgil, an expert now working with Amazon in augmented reality and synthetic voice, reflects on opportunities and ethics surrounding cutting edge synthetic reality, what he has learned from starting the Seattle tech discussion group The Good AI, and what’s faith got to do with all of this. 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: David Brenner, Ed Melick, Pablo A. Ruz Salmones and Penny Yuen Host: Pablo A. Ruz Salmones Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39GD

Bishop Paul Tighe from the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education discussed with AI and Faith the Vatican's involvement in the AI revolution, including their recent book 'Encountering Artificial Intelligence'. In this episode, Bishop Tighe explores how the Church engages the global Catholic community regarding technological advancements, as well as international organizations. 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: David Brenner, Ed Melick, Pablo A. Ruz Salmones and Penny Yuen Host: Pablo A. Ruz Salmones Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39GD

AI&F Advisor Meenaz Merchant is one of Microsoft’s top leaders incorporating generative AI technology into Bing search to create Bing Chat. In this podcast Meenaz shares his perspective about why and how Microsoft took this extraordinary step, his role in that work and how he brings his own ethical perspective from his Islamic faith to his work on AI technology. 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: David Brenner, Ed Melick, Pablo A. Ruz Salmones and Penny Yuen Host: Pablo A. Ruz Salmones Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #Uppbeat License code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39GD

In this podcast AI&F Advisor and psychiatrist Curt Thompson provides insights from his clinical practice about how AI is affecting our concept of beauty and our mental health generally. Curt also describes our brains’ remarkable capacity to “wire” around our relationships and faith practices, reflecting a process called “brain plasticity”, and some of the ways that social media appears to impact that wiring. 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: David Brenner, Ed Melick, Pablo A. Ruz Salmones and Penny Yuen Host: Pablo A. Ruz Salmones Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39GD

What if you had a time machine and could transport yourself back to Palo Alto, California in 1972, just as the computer mouse was being invented and everything amazing lay ahead? That’s when AI&F Advisor and renowned Silicon Valley futurist Bob Johansen moved to Palo Alto where for the next 50 years with the Institute for the Future, he helped shape the rise of the modern technology revolution through groundbreaking insight and analysis. In this podcast, Bob discusses significant turning points that informed his own advice, his “future back” method for forecasting technology developments, and his long term engagement with the future of technology in religion. Bob is also the author or co-author of thirteen books, including the best-selling Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. 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: David Brenner, Ed Melick, Pablo A. Ruz Salmones and Penny YuenHost: Pablo A. Ruz SalmonesEditing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39GD

Welcome to the AI and Faith podcast! We are a community of expert technologists, academics, business professionals, and faith leaders, working together to bring the ancient wisdom of the world's major religious traditions to the ethics of artificial intelligence.We believe Artificial Intelligence is an important tool to be stewarded and guided for human flourishing rather than harmful purposes. AI is shaping our lives, work, and perhaps more importantly our self-understanding and global community with astonishing speed and scale.We do this by bringing together faith leaders, individuals with deep commitment to philosophy and ethics, and those building the future of AI from within our community of over 200 experts in 19 plus countries – as well as friends and thought leaders from outside our community. In these conversations, we gather to hear experts discuss current topics of interest and dive into other critical related issues while bringing their faith, ethics, and wisdom. Join us on our journey and welcome to this conversation! Production: Gilad Berenstein and Penny YuenSpeaker: Gilad BerensteinEditing: Isabelle BraconnotMusic from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39GD