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Religious Studies and Christian University

Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ�kuru@xlri.ac.in

ISR, Sogang University

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My personal journey

  • MSc Physics: 1983
  • PhD in Philosophy: 1996
  • Prof of Ethics

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XLRI 🡪 Best of the Brains

  • Seminary Students (Theology/Philosophy)
  • B-School Students (600/110000)

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Feb 2023

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Ethics of AI

  • Profit
  • Labour displacement
  • Privacy
  • Social disruption

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Existential Threats

  • Elon Musk: More dangerous than nukes

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Drone and Warfare

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1,000 🡪 30,000

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Technological problem 🡪

  • Moral/spiritual

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Power…. Almost unlimited

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Singularity

  • AGI

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Tools 🡪 Masters

  • All inventions

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  • After technological singularity ….

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AI: Master of Humans

  • Transhumanism

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University

  • Teachers (Lawyers, Workers)

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  • STUDENTS THEMSELVES??? Becoming redundant?

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Religious Studies

  • Power 🡪 God

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Will God be replaced????

  • Control

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Ethics…. Spirituality

  • Beyond indidual
  • Inclusive

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Religious Response

  • Active Denial NO
  • Passive Submission NO
  • PROPHETIC ACCEPTANCE YES