S2 Ep1099: Will AI Kill Us All or Help Us Write Better Sermons? Dr. Joshua K. Smith

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Josh smith is a pastor, author, and scholar who specializes in a theology of robotics and technology. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is the autohr of three books including his most recent book: Violent Tech: A Philosophical and Theological Reflection. In this conversation, we talk about all things related to AI. Will it kill us all? Or improve our humanity (including our sermons)? Or will it be a complex bland of both. Josh is somewhat hopeful about the future of AI, but is also realistic about how it can be easlily abused if we don't regulate it carefully. Learn more about Josh from his website: https://www.joshuaksmith.org

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0:51.6	Hey friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology in the raw. My guest today is Dr.
0:56.0	Joshua Smith. Josh is kind of my go to guy when it comes to all things related to robots and AI.
1:03.1	I had him on the show about a year ago to talk about robot theology, which is a title of his earlier
1:07.4	book. His most recent book is titled Violent Tech, a philosophical and theological reflection.
1:13.8	And in this podcast episode, we talk about all things related to artificial intelligence. And
1:20.2	Josh is an expert on that topic and I really enjoyed learning from him in this really fascinating
1:25.4	conversation. So please welcome back to the show. Do you want it only? Joshua Smith.
1:38.6	Josh, thanks for coming back on the Audra. I think it was just over a year when he came on
1:42.6	last time. And I did, I got so many great responses from that. And so I think a lot of people are
1:47.7	going to be excited to have you back on. Oh, awesome. I received that and I've got a lot of great
1:52.9	feedback from him as well. So I appreciate the exposure. So last time we talked about robot theology,
1:58.6	which was your first book. And now your book that depend on when this releases, I think is about
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