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42Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological ReflectionsPickwick Press. 2023.What does it mean to consider the world of AI through a Christian lens? Rapid developments in AI continue to reshape society, raising new ethical questions and challenging our understanding of the human person. Encountering Artificial Intelligence draws on Pope Francis’ discussion of a culture of encounter and broader themes in Catholic social thought in order to examine how current AI applications affect human relationships in various social spheres and offers concrete recommendations for bette…Read more
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A Roman Catholic view : technological progress? Yes. Transhumanism? NoIn Arvin M. Gouw, Brian Patrick Green & Ted Peters (eds.), Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics, Lexington Books. 2022.
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A Roman Catholic view : technological progress? Yes. Transhumanism? NoIn Arvin M. Gouw, Brian Patrick Green & Ted Peters (eds.), Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics, Lexington Books. 2022.
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1004Artificial Intelligence and Moral Theology: A ConversationJournal of Moral Theology 11 (Special Issue 1): 13-40. 2022.
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41Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics (edited book)Lexington Books. 2022.In this book, the contributors examine how various religious traditions engage with transhumanism and its vision for the future.
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19Space EthicsRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2000.An introduction to the basic issues of space ethics: the technology, the impact on society, and the frontiers of thinking about space exploration from theory to practice.
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867Islands as refuges for surviving global catastrophesForesight. 2018.Purpose Islands have long been discussed as refuges from global catastrophes; this paper will evaluate them systematically, discussing both the positives and negatives of islands as refuges. There are examples of isolated human communities surviving for thousands of years on places like Easter Island. Islands could provide protection against many low-level risks, notably including bio-risks. However, they are vulnerable to tsunamis, bird-transmitted diseases, and other risks. This article explor…Read more
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124Ethical Reflections on Artificial IntelligenceScientia et Fides 6 (2): 9-31. 2018.Artificial Intelligence technology presents a multitude of ethical concerns, many of which are being actively considered by organizations ranging from small groups in civil society to large corporations and governments. However, it also presents ethical concerns which are not being actively considered. This paper presents a broad overview of twelve topics in ethics in AI, including function, transparency, evil use, good use, bias, unemployment, socio-economic inequality, moral automation and hum…Read more
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662Pandemics have been suggested as global risks many times, but it has been shown that the probability of human extinction due to one pandemic is small, as it will not be able to affect and kill all people, but likely only half, even in the worst cases. Assuming that the probability of the worst pandemic to kill a person is 0.5, and assuming linear interaction between different pandemics, 30 strong pandemics running simultaneously will kill everyone. Such situations cannot happen naturally, but be…Read more