{"id":93425,"date":"2022-04-08T05:53:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=93425"},"modified":"2022-04-07T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:12:35","slug":"sci-fi-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2022\/04\/sci-fi-and-ai.html","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Fi and AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

While my focus during 2022-2023 will be on John the Baptist, I will continue to tinker away at my collaborative effort on the intersection of computer programming and ethics. This is a roundup of recent news on artificial intelligence and related topics. First, here is my appearance on the Souls in Soles podcast<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Due to my sabbatical I probably won\u2019t be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starbaseindy.org\/present\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">present at Starbase Indy this year \u2013 but you should<\/a>! (The link goes to the form to propose a presentation). I will appear on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/starbaseindypodcast.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Starbase Indy Podcast<\/a> in May. In the meantime <a href=\"https:\/\/starbaseindypodcast.podbean.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">check out the episodes available<\/a> so far if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n<p>Also of related interest:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/google-play-store-bans-apps-after-finding-data-stealing-1848759136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Popular Muslim prayer apps were harvesting user data<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FOJOkOpa6o\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/digitalwisdom\/2022\/03\/lecture-on-artificial-intelligence-and-the-apocalyptic-imagination\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Lecture on AI and the Apocalyptic Imagination<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cLecture on AI and the Apocalyptic Imagination\u201d \u2014 Digital Wisdom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/digitalwisdom\/2022\/03\/lecture-on-artificial-intelligence-and-the-apocalyptic-imagination\/embed\/#?secret=VHZu5cHKxK#?secret=FOJOkOpa6o\" data-secret=\"FOJOkOpa6o\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readingreligion.org\/books\/myth-awakens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Review of Ken Derry and John Lyden\u2019s excellent edited volume <i>The Myth Awakens<\/i><\/a>, the first to take a genuinely religious studies approach to Star Wars in this manner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uEOvGKMdYU\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/gloriouslife\/2022\/02\/the-theology-of-technology\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Theology of Technology<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Theology of Technology\u201d \u2014 Glorious Life\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/gloriouslife\/2022\/02\/the-theology-of-technology\/embed\/#?secret=MWdFli0BPQ#?secret=uEOvGKMdYU\" data-secret=\"uEOvGKMdYU\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to need to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/betty-gilpin-will-play-a-nun-fighting-a-powerful-ai-in-1848680676\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Damon Lindelof\u2019s new series Mrs. Davis<\/a>\u00a0which pits a nun against a powerful AI<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com\/2022\/03\/some-recent-talks-and-interviews.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">recent talks and interviews by Eric Schwitzgebel<\/a>. See also <a href=\"http:\/\/schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com\/2022\/04\/work-on-robot-rights-doesnt-conflict.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">his post on the relationship between work on robot rights and human rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/search-prophetic-voice-tech-ethics\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Commonweal<\/em> on prophetic voices addressing technological ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lho433QT5g\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2022\/03\/virtue-ethics-technology-and-the-situationist-challenge.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Virtue Ethics, Technology, and the Situationist Challenge<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cVirtue Ethics, Technology, and the Situationist Challenge\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2022\/03\/virtue-ethics-technology-and-the-situationist-challenge.html\/embed#?secret=w2fP2lbWvm#?secret=lho433QT5g\" data-secret=\"lho433QT5g\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nKpvezjRno\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/johnpavlovitz.com\/2022\/04\/07\/that-text-can-wait-the-present-cant\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Curse of Availability<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Curse of Availability\u201d \u2014 John Pavlovitz\" src=\"https:\/\/johnpavlovitz.com\/2022\/04\/07\/that-text-can-wait-the-present-cant\/embed\/#?secret=wnl33BmLOA#?secret=nKpvezjRno\" data-secret=\"nKpvezjRno\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/nautil.us\/deep-learning-is-hitting-a-wall-14467\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OGii4NgXXF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2022\/03\/08\/how-silicon-valleys-techtopia-secularized-religion-in-order-to-spiritualize-work\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How Silicon Valley\u2019s \u2018Techtopia\u2019 turned work into religion<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cHow Silicon Valley\u2019s \u2018Techtopia\u2019 turned work into religion\u201d \u2014 RNS\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2022\/03\/08\/how-silicon-valleys-techtopia-secularized-religion-in-order-to-spiritualize-work\/embed\/#?secret=iurPNdAG6V#?secret=OGii4NgXXF\" data-secret=\"OGii4NgXXF\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DmvZNGA0lf\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2022\/04\/religion-burnout-and-the-worship-of-work-in-silicon-valley-reflections-on-carolyn-chens-work-pray-code\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Religion, Burnout, and the Worship of Work in Silicon Valley: Reflections on Carolyn Chen\u2019s Work Pray Code<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cReligion, Burnout, and the Worship of Work in Silicon Valley: Reflections on Carolyn Chen\u2019s Work Pray Code\u201d \u2014 Anxious Bench\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2022\/04\/religion-burnout-and-the-worship-of-work-in-silicon-valley-reflections-on-carolyn-chens-work-pray-code\/embed\/#?secret=ZFBbXYd7Vv#?secret=DmvZNGA0lf\" data-secret=\"DmvZNGA0lf\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/meta-wants-to-bring-ai-and-universal-translation-to-the-1848584856\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Meta and AI assistants of the future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newhumanist.org.uk\/articles\/5942\/meet-me-in-the-metaverse\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Meet Me In The Metaverse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/tommaso_dorigo\/where_the_power_of_deep_learning_is-255975\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Power of Deep Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-03-robots-shape-shifters.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The next generation of robots will be shape-shifters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-pentagons-long-road-to-an-army-of-autonomous-vehicl-1848761669\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Department of Defense and the long road to autonomous vehicles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ancientworldonline.blogspot.com\/2022\/03\/ithaka-restoring-and-attributing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Ithaka: a project using AI technology to restore and attribute ancient inscriptions<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Nature<\/em> had a video on this which is really worth watching (HT <a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2022\/03\/the-ai-historian-a-new-tool-to-decipher-ancient-texts.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">3qd<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The AI historian: A new tool to decipher ancient texts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rq0Ex_qCKeQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gizmodo had articles on a <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/mits-robotic-cheetah-taught-itself-how-to-run-sets-new-1848656968\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">robot cheetah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/boston-dynamics-is-hoping-robot-dogs-are-less-creepy-wh-1848671575\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">robot dogs<\/a> (including their use <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/boston-dynamics-spot-is-protecting-the-remains-of-pompe-1848733539\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">guarding the ruins of Pompeii<\/a>!), the <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/boeings-newest-ai-combat-drone-gets-a-spooky-animal-nam-1848678798\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AI drone \u201cGhost Bat,\u201d<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/chopstix-self-playing-piano-can-talk-like-a-human-and-p-1848679192\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">self-playing piano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/pew-study-says-13-adults-are-optimistic-about-brain-im-1848663919\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Elon Musk\u2019s ideas about singularity brain chips<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/e-inks-digital-posters-now-feature-improved-contrast-so-1848703392\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">upgrades to E-Ink<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/momentum-computing-pushes-technologys-thermodynamic-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><em>Scientific American<\/em> reported on a new approach to computing that does not generate as much heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2022\/04\/can-technology-shape-our-dreams.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can technology shape our dreams<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Robot surgeons are on this <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5-real-medical-treatments-that-sound-like-sci-fi-1848738466\/slides\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">list of real technologies that \u201csound like sci-fi\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/axiom-space-private-iss-mission-1848751420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">The first private mission to the International Space Station<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-beacon-in-the-galaxy-scientists-update-humanity-s-me-1848727546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Updating our message to aliens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While my focus during 2022-2023 will be on John the Baptist, I will continue to tinker away at my collaborative effort on the intersection of computer programming and ethics. 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