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Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe? A Conversation With Dr. Gan About AI and Faith

By Fr. James Kurzynski  |  13 Feb 2023

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Below is an online conversation I had with an old friend… Who just happens to have done professional work with Artificial Intelligence. Yes, I have some very unique friends. Enjoy the conversation!

One clarification from the conversation. Dr. Gan reflected toward the end on how science seeks to arrive at a singularity, but will always struggle to do so. I affirmed his assessment, but my mind got ahead of my words. I shared a reflection on how the nature of science clearly states that things like God and the transcendent are not in the scope of science. A missing link to that transition was Gödel’s incompleteness theorem that states that a “TOE” or a theory of everything is impossible due to the very nature of science. Click here to read my piece on Stanley Jaki for more information.

I also make reference to some of Dr. Gan’s writings in the video. Here are the links if you are interested.

Dr. Gan’s Article from Crisis Magazine: The Looming Artificial Intelligence Crisis.

Dr. Gan’s Book: Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ In The Media

Dr. Gan’s Website: http://eugenegan.weebly.com/

Enjoy!

Happy Valentine’s Day! I offer our romantic types this Rosette! It’s a stack of 120, 15 second 7nm H-alpha narrowband images from my Dwarf II! More about this smart telescope in the weeks to come!
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