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douglasburk's avatar

This really landed for me. Rod Dreher has been going on about how we will worship AI and I kind of blew it off. Stating how the next gods will be able to talk, advise, and even demand; we will not sit passive before them. The idea of telos is very interesting here, agency as well. AI certainly has both, at least in some fashion. Marshall McLuhan pray for us.

David Ehrenman's avatar

Pope Francis’ statement that “technological products are not neutral” resonates, since technology always exists in relationship to humanity (whether to serve or subjugate), and products always have a form of telos.

Sarah Carter's avatar

Exactly - the very creation of technology has a two-way relationship with the human person. We act on the world via technology; the technology “acts” on us, shaping who we are and how we see ourselves in relationship to one another and God.

Andrés Vicente Fermín Patiño's avatar

Saludos Sarah, todo un reto humano concederle más importancia a lo que dice y hace una máquina, a lo que dice y hace un ser viviente humano o no 🙂‍↔️. Dios te ampare y espero colaborar con el esfuerzo a través del debido financiamiento