A.I., Religion & Humanity
​How Might (Or Should) We Shape the Future?

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022 AT 6:30 PM
at The Berkeley Faculty Club
University of California, Berkeley, Minor Ln, Berkeley, CA 94720

RECEPTION BEGINS AT 6:30 PM, FOLLOWED BY DINNER

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​How have artificial intelligence and religion interfaced in the past, for better or worse, what promise and perils might the future hold for their continuing connection, and what should our role be in shaping that future? A conversation featuring:

​Norman Wirzba

Ted F. Peters
​Norman Wirzba is the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke University. He is also the editor for the book series Culture of the Land: A Series in the New Agrarianism, author of several books including Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community, and the Land and (with Fred Bahnson) Making Peace with the Land: God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation, and Co-founder and Executive Committee member of the Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology.
Ted Peters is an emeritus professor at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), where he co-edits the journal, Theology and Science, on behalf of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS). His current focus is Public Systematic Theology with a strong emphasis on the creative mutual interaction between science and religion. He recently edited, AI and IA: Utopia or Extinction Along with Brian Patrick Green and Arvin Gouw, he has just published a new book, Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics. Visit his website, TedsTimelyTake.com and his Patheos Public Theology column.
​The evening will include a moderated discussion among the panelists, followed by a time for questions and mixed discipline and mixed university breakout rooms to continue the conversation. Click here for suggested pre-event materials.

THE FACULTY ROUNDTABLE AT UC BERKELEY IS CO-CHAIRED BY:

  • Karl van Bibber,  Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Executive Associate Dean for the College of Engineering
  • Susan Phillips, Executive Director of New College Berkeley
  • Richard Rhodes, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Co-Director, Canadian Studies Program​
  • Alan Wan, Executive Director, National Laboratory Programs, University of California Office of the President
  • Darren Hsiung, Coordinator, Berkeley Faculty Roundtable