The Promise and Peril of AI and IA

New Technology Meets Religion, Theology, and Ethics

edited by Ted Peters

Book cover: The Promise and Peril of AI and IA

Extent: 501 pages

Publisher: ATF Press

Subjects: Religious Studies, Technical Sciences: Computer Science, Engineering, IT, & Math

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2024)

ISBN: 9781923206861

Price: $27.95

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Hardback (Published)

(August 2024)

ISBN: 9781923206878

Price: $50.95

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PDF (Published)

(August 2024)

ISBN: 9781923206892

Price: $27.95

How should public theologians and social ethicists assess, anticipate, and amend the projected path taken by Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Amplification? With the advent of generative AI along with large language models, suddenly our techie whiz kids are sounding the fire alarm. Will a Frankenstein monster escape its creator’s design? Will more highly evolved superintelligence render today’s human race extinct? Is this generation morally obligated to give birth to a tomorrow in which we outdated humans can no longer participate? This book collects foresighted analyses and recommendations from computer scientists, neuroscientists, AI ethicists, along with Christian and Muslim theologians.

  • Edited by Ted Peters