The Catholic Artificial Intelligence Moment
Pope Leo XIV has already made clear that artificial intelligence is the next great challenge for the Catholic Church. How will we respond to this transformative technology?
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
We’re in the midst of a true technological and cultural revolution with the advent of real-world artificial intelligence. Most people are focused on the economic impact of AI, but as Catholics we need to look deeper. What are the benefits of this amazing technology and what are the drawbacks?
Navigating Our Brave New World
New technologies are rapidly transforming society. Are these radical changes good or bad for our emotional and spiritual lives?
Pope Francis’s Declining Health and the Next Conclave
Pope Francis might be nearing the end of his earthly life; what will the next conclave be like?
The “Sputnik Moment” Delusion
For at least a century or more, Westerners have been conditioned to see each new discovery and invention as a point in some grand civilizational competition. Connected to this framing is the simplistic belief in material progress.
Could AI Spur a Resurgence of Faith?
The questions that AI raises about reality could end up justifying the claims of Christianity in the eyes of many.
Keep AI out of the Choir Loft
AI’s role in the choir loft should never replace the real men and women who sing “unto the Lord a new song” and tell “of his salvation from day to day.”
Should We Have AI Doing Catholic Apologetics?
Catholic Answers has released an apologetics AI interactive app and it’s solidly Catholic. But I still have concerns.
AI “Girlfriends” Prove Modern Men Don’t Think Women Are Human
Pause for a moment and consider what it means to conceive of a woman as something which could compete with a “virtual girlfriend.”
Cloud Computing: The Perils of Redefining God as a Celestial Microchip
As AI advances ever further with staggering speed, will such developments one day soon allow us to peer directly into the mind of God?
Musk’s AI Invents New Work for Idle Hands to Do
The true problems of looming mass AI-facilitated unemployment may not be financial and practical but psychological and spiritual.
Is AI “Sacred” Art Actually Sacrilegious?
Sacred art is a uniquely human participation in the divine creative work, made possible by the fact that human beings are made in the image and likeness of God.
Get Out of the Cave and Enter the Real World
If we could sum up the problem with the so-called modern age, it would be that we suffer from a break with reality.
In the Age of AI, “Even the Very Elect Will Be Deceived”
AI may have reason and logic on its side. But it undermines not only theistic understandings of the soul and human spirit, of love and free will, but also the very essence of these transcendental pillars.
The Age of Artificial Intelligence (Guest: Dr. Eugene Gan)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dominating the news, particularly with the release of ChatGPT. But what is AI and should Catholics embrace this technology or be wary of it?
Unholy Ghost in the Machine?
Is it possible for demons to infiltrate into the ones and zeros that make up the codes that generate our images and videos?
The Looming Artificial Intelligence Crisis
We may well be at the stage where we will need to advertise “100% human-made” in a “post-human,” twisted version of “non-GMO.”
Elon Musk: Happy Totalitarian
You may have caught wind of the latest attempt by Elon Musk to improve upon our human lot, this time by wiring our brains into computers through implanted chips connected to ultrathin threads lacing our brain (hence, the name “neuralace”). If you can’t decipher his white paper, then catch his popular presentation on YouTube. The … Read more
Made in the Image of Man: How Big Tech Threatens our Humanity
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” — Genesis 1: 27 (RSV) In our time of digital revolution, the imagination is fast becoming obsolete. The company Neuralink is preparing to launch clinical human trials by next year of an implant … Read more
How Is a Man Not Like a Computer?
I have just read a fascinating and, to my mind, cheerful article, by the research psychologist Robert Epstein, on why your brain is not a computer—for the simple reason that your brain does not store memories in the way that a computer does, nor does it function according to algorithms. We are not computers but … Read more