The Defrocking of Father AI
by Leah Libresco SargeantAI is not the solution to the challenge of witnessing for the Church. Continue Reading »
Resist the Machine Apocalypse
by Iain McGilchristNo two ways about it: We are making ourselves wretched. We are more affluent than ever, but riches—and power, the only point in having riches—do not make people happy. Ask a psychiatrist. Or take a look at the face of Vladimir Putin, who has, alas, the power of life and death over . . . . Continue Reading »
Texting With AI Jesus
by Casey ChalkThe app aligns with our clinical culture, which emphasizes personal affirmation and physical and mental wellness. Continue Reading »
Living by Proxy in the Age of AI
by Bruno ChaouatI will tell my students that if they use ChatGPT, they will live by proxy, and outsource their own inner life to a machine. Continue Reading »
Forgetting the Art of Memory
by Esmé PartridgeThat AI undermines the importance of our basic faculty of memory ought to concern us. It will only increase the ignorance of our fallen state. Continue Reading »
What ChatGPT Can’t Do
by Liel LeibovitzI’d forgotten nearly everything about my years in school, which, given my mild allergic reaction to sclerotic and coercive bureaucracies, is merciful. But one thing I do remember: a day, in fifth grade, dedicated to—the future. Carrying a copy of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand . . . . Continue Reading »
Cheating with ChatGPT
by Leah Libresco SargeantProfessors won’t beat ChatGPT until they persuade students that the content of their classes has real value. Continue Reading »
Elon Musk and the Posthumanist Threat
by John WatersMusk is not any kind of conservative, and so the tentative cheers that have greeted his apparent routing of the Twitter board might more wisely have been postponed until we see what the new Twitter may look and sound like.
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Ronald Dworkin on the Politics of Unhappiness
by R. R. RenoRonald Dworkin joins the podcast to talk about how SSRIs, cognitive therapy, and virtual reality have transformed our lives and our politics.
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Morality in the Age of Machines
by John WatersThe machine will allegedly elevate humans according to values different from those of nature—a Superman. Where have we heard that before? Continue Reading »
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