Panel: PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE- THEOLOGICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, ANTHROPOLOGICAL, AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES



879.6 - TECHNOLOGY, RELATIONALITY, AND DIVINE ORIGIN: FROM SCRIPTURE TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AUTHORS:
Centa Strahovnik M. (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology ~ Ljubljana ~ Slovenia)
Text:
Looking at the Bible from the perspective of specific forms of technology described in it, one can approach this domain utilizing a relational framework. Three central relationships can be discerned, namely God's orientation towards technology, people's engagement with technology, and the role of technology within the relationship between God and humanity. All these can be useful when framing ethical and theological questions about current technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). In this talk, I will examine the aforementioned relationships from the perspective of the distinction between something being begotten or born and something being made, as embedded in early Christian thought. In conclusion, I will draw some consequences of this for our perception of new technologies, including AI.