Artificial intelligence
We, Robots? – Religion & Liberty Daily
Robots are finally having their moment. And it’s been a long time coming: Inventors have dreamt of automated robots for centuries. Ovid, in his Metamorphosis (8 AD), tells of the inventor Daedalus creating robot-like automata in his workshop. In…
AI Is Now Creating New Viruses. What Can Go Wrong?
Humans are creating viruses from scratch using the same artificial intelligence technology that has been making the news for going rogue. A study published last week reveals that scientists used AI to create 16 brand-new viruses.“A new study…
They’re Building War Robots – The New American
An American company is building war robots, and the justification for pursuing this risky technology is the same one we hear from people who want to drop a data center in every nook and cranny of the American landscape.Foundation’s View“U.S.…
Congress Wants a Kill Switch for Rogue AI
Congress just drafted a bill that allows the federal government to order the shutdown of AI models “that can cause catastrophic harm.” Representatives Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) and Ted W. Lieu (D-CA.) introduced on Thursday the AI Kill Switch…
Markets, Mercy, and True Prudence
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas thoughtfully speaks to one of the great anxieties of our moment: whether artificial intelligence, data platforms, robotics, and global capital will serve the human person or reduce us to a disposable…
Coherence in Continuity – The Catholic Thing
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, was released earlier this week. It is long for an encyclical, and unexpected in some ways. It is worth reading, worth sitting with. What follows is not a summary, still less a “review” of the…
What Christians Get Wrong About AI – Religion & Liberty Online
We have a saying in my field: Don’t take business advice from people who think the business shouldn’t exist. Obvious? Tautological, even? Don’t be so sure. As someone in the world of corporate engagement, talking to the world’s largest companies…
Catholics and “Surveillance Capitalism” – The Catholic Thing
A correct Catholic approach to AI becomes clearer, I think, if we approach a foundational text in Catholic Social Teaching, Rerum novarum, not as about structural issues in political economy, but rather as about claims on time and claims of…
What Was Epstein REALLY Doing? Genetics, Eugenics & Directed Evolution
While much of the attention has focused on Jeffrey Epstein’s grotesque abuse and trafficking of children for sex, he was deeply involved in cutting-edge science involving Artificial Intelligence, DNA, genetics, directed evolution, and more. In…
AI and the Return of Architectonic Labor – Religion & Liberty Online
The free enterprise system’s greatest prophets saw the trade-off from the beginning. The division of labor generates unprecedented wealth while subjecting workers to menial labor that diminishes our personal and political capacities. Artificial…