AI
Fr Jean Gové and Jack Heitman talk about AI and how as Catholics we can look to respond.
This week there are a couple of articles on the issue of Artifical Intelligence and its impact on our lives. AI is not new but the release of chatgpt and other similar programmes have exploded the issue in the media and our everyday lives. We have always known (or should do) that algorithims guide many aspects of life, but up until now we have never had to ask whether they can think and what that means for humanity. This is a huge issue, and one that requires our own thinking about; so luckily we have Fr Jean Gové, a Maltese Priest and Philosopher who has been studying at St Andrews recently, and a new contributor, Jack Heitman who writes often on the subject.
The Technocratic Paradigm and AI
Humanity has always been defined by our ability to innovate, and the modern world, especially, is shaped by the advent of new technology: from smart phones and revolutionary medical technology to drones and interconnected webs of satellites, the tools that surround us enable our capability to mold the built environment. These advances in technology cert…
AI: Opportunities and threats
Interview between Stephen Watt and Fr Jean Gové. Would you say a little about your background and how you came to be studying for a PhD in philosophy at St Andrews? I’m a diocesan priest from the Archdiocese of Malta, ordained just over five years ago in 2019. As I was completing my theological studies in Malta, my Archbishop asked me to pursue further s…
Our Saints for the coming month include St Asaph who is connected with St Kentigern, St Fumac venerated in Banffshire whose icon was carefully kept right into the mid-19th century before a flood and zealous minister destroyed it. Not to mention the important Irish Saint- Comgall, and the great British church historian St Bede.
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