Towards the end of last year, Affinity organised a webinar to discuss important questions around artificial intelligence use in the church.
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to feature prominently in the news, whether in discussions about replacing humans for practical or social tasks, medical diagnostic tools, or deepfake videos. There is no doubt about the benefits of some AI tools; only this week, I came across an AI service that offered to handle charitable grant applications. This immediately appealed to me, having found the process tedious and frustrating in the past.
Should we treat personified AI tools and robots as if they were human when we interact with them, given that the only framework we have for engaging with such artefacts is human-to-human relationships?
Two lessons from the assisted suicide debate
Like many Christians and indeed others across the nation, I was saddened to hear the news that the UK parliament …