Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009013659
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 21/11/2024
Width: 15.1 cm
Height: 22.8 cm
Religion and artificial intelligence are now deeply enmeshed in humanity's collective imagination, narratives, institutions, and aspirations. Their growing entanglement also runs counter to several dominant narratives that engage with long-standing historical discussions regarding the relationship between the 'sacred” and the 'secular' - technology and science. This Cambridge Companion explores the fields of Religion and AI comprehensively and provides an authoritative guide to their symbiotic relationship. It examines established topics, such as transhumanism, together with new and emerging fields, notably, computer simulations of religion. Specific chapters are devoted to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, while others demonstrate that entanglements between religion and AI are not always encapsulated through such a paradigm. Collectively, the volume addresses issues that AI raises for religions, and contributions that AI has made to religious studies, especially the conceptual and philosophical issues inherent in the concept of an intelligent machine, and social-cultural work on attitudes to AI and its impact on contemporary life. The diverse perspectives in this Companion demonstrate how all religions are now interacting with artificial intelligence.
1. Introduction Beth Singler and Fraser Watts; 2. Steps toward android intelligence William Clocksin; Part I. Religions and Ai: 3. Hinduism and artificial intelligence Robert Geraci and Stephen Kaplan; 4. The Buddha in AI/Robotics Hannah Gould and Keiko Nishimura; 5. Artificial intelligence and Jewish thought David Zvi Kalman; 6. Artificial intelligence and christianity: friends or foes? Marius Dorobantu; 7. Islam and artificial intelligence Yaqub Chaudhary; Part II. Social & Moral Issues: 8. Transhumanism and transcendence Ilia Delio; 9. The eschatological future of artificial intelligence: savior or apocalypse? Noreen Herzfeld; 10. AI ethics and ethical ai Paula Boddington; 11. Black theology x artificial intelligence Philip Butler; 12. Imag(in)ing human-Robot relationships Scott Midson; Part III. Religious Studies: 13. The anthropology and sociology of religion and ai Beth Singler; 14. Simulating religion F. LeRon Shults and Wesley J. Wildman; 15. Cognitive modelling of spiritual practices Fraser Watts; 16. Artificial companions and spiritual enhancement Yorick Wilks.