God and Silicon Valley: The Place of Religion in the Development of Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, 05 February 2026, 5pm to 6.30pm
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on the surprising resurgence of interest in Christianity within Silicon Valley and amongst developers of artificial intelligence.
Our panel of experts will explore questions such as:
- What are the various factors driving the renewed curiosity?
- How might the ascribing of attributes to artificial intelligence that have typically been ascribed to a higher power (such as "omnipotence" and "omnipresence") both inform and distort our understandings of the potentials of AI?
- What role might religion play in challenging and guiding the development of artificial intelligence?
- What is both possible and desirable as it relates to aspirations for transcendence through technology, particularly in relation to the "merging" of the human brain with artificial intelligence?