Re-Enchanting the Earth
Book description
In her latest book, scientist and theologian Ilia Delio takes up the challenge of reconciling evolution and religion with particular attention to the role of Artificial Intelligence. She argues that AI represents the latest extension of human evolution, which has implications not only for science but also for religion. If…
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For me, Ilia Delio represents a new breed of theologian.
She started out as a scientist (Ph.D. in pharmacology, specializing in brain science), then tried being a contemplative nun, then joined an active order of Franciscans as a theology professor (PhD in process theology). She brings this marvelous mix to the problem of AI, which is proving to be as much a poison as a cure, something that will save us unless it kills us first.
But AI is not the problem and religion is not the solution, she says. It is the misuse of AI and religion as it…
From John's list on now that religion has made itself unbelievable.
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