The Social Impacts of Relational AI

This presentation is part of the webinar series “Artificial Intelligence: New Social and Ethical Challenges and Opportunities”

Presenter: Noreen Herzfeld, Ph.D., College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, MN
Wednesday, Nov. 12
7–8:15 p.m. EST via Zoom

Through AI we are creating something in our own image, just as we are created in God’s image. But just how much like us is AI? Is it possible for us to have an authentic relationship with an AI? And in what ways will AI programs change our relationship with ourselves, with one another, and with our God?

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Noreen Herzfeld, Ph.D., is the director of Benedictine Spirituality and the Environment at St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, MN.  She is also a senior research associate at the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, ZRS Koper, Slovenia.

This is the THIRD in a series of seven presentations. Click the titles below to learn about and register for the remaining presentations.

Presentation 1: Understanding AI: What It Is and Why It’s Important
Presentation 2: The Human and the Machine: Anthropological Questions
Presentation 3: The Social Impacts of Relational AI
Presentation 4: Educating in the Age of AI
Presentation 5: AI and Ethical Questions: The Impact on Health Care
Presentation 6: Environmental Impacts of AI: Hidden Costs and Inequalities
Presentation 7: The Future of AI: Marvel, Menace, and Mystery