The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence by Beth Singler, Fraser Watts (eds) ISBN 9781009031721, 1009031724 instant download

The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence by Beth Singler, Fraser Watts (eds) ISBN 9781009031721, 1009031724 instant download

Religion and artificial intelligence are now deeply enmeshed in humanity’s
collective imagination, narratives, institutions and aspirations. Their
growing entanglement also runs counter to several dominant narratives
that engage with long-standing historical discussions regarding the relationship
between the ‘sacred’ and the ‘secular’ – technology and science.
This Cambridge Companion explores the fields of religion and AI comprehensively
and provides an authoritative guide to their symbiotic relationship.
It examines established topics, such as transhumanism, together
with new and emerging fields, notably, computer simulations of religion.
Specific chapters are devoted to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism
and Buddhism, while others demonstrate that entanglements between
religion and AI are not always encapsulated through such a paradigm.
Collectively, the volume addresses issues that AI raises for religions and
contributions that AI has made to religious studies, especially the conceptual
and philosophical issues inherent in the concept of an intelligent
machine, and social-cultural work on attitudes to AI and its impact on contemporary
life. The diverse perspectives in this Companion demonstrate
how all religions are now interacting with AI.