{"id":38312,"date":"2016-09-29T06:13:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T10:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=38312"},"modified":"2016-09-28T20:52:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T00:52:37","slug":"would-you-vote-for-a-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/09\/would-you-vote-for-a-machine.html","title":{"rendered":"Would You Vote for a Machine for President?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sometimes my class on Religion and Science Fiction seems to be incredibly practical, despite the impression the title might give.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"Yesterday we\u00a0talked about whether it would be a good idea to ask an artificial intelligence whether God exists.<\/p>\n

The conversations we had were great, and included a contribution from Siri which led to one student being dubbed a \u201ctelephone evangelist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of you may remember me blogging<\/a>\u00a0about a movie I saw in 2014 at Gen Con called \u201cThe God Question.\u201d<\/a> You can purchase and view it on Amazon<\/a>. It is about precisely this question: what would happen if a supercomputer were set to work on the question of whether God exists? Here\u2019s the trailer:<\/p>\n