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Noreen Hezfeld, Ph.D.

Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Theological Questions Regarding AI

As Silicon Valley forges ahead in the development of AI, forecasts about its impact vary widely—from dire warnings to optimistic visions. For leaders in the business sector, these questions are becoming increasingly urgent. What should we realistically expect in the near term? How can AI be thoughtfully implemented within business environments to serve the common good? And how might this technology reshape not only our work, but also our understanding of ourselves and our responsibilities to one another?

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Noreen Herzfeld is the Director of Benedictine Spirituality and the Environment. She holds degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Theology from The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. Herzfeld is the author of The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic World (Fortress, 2023), In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002), Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009), and co-editor of Encountering AI: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations (Pickwick, 2024), Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post-Pandemic World (Lexington, 2023) and Religion and the New Technologies (MDPI, 2017). Herzfeld is also a senior research associate at the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, Koper, Slovenia.

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