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May 06, 2020

Braden Molhoek offers a Reflection on Ethics and COVID-19

Braden Molhoek,  CTNS Program Associate and Lecturer in Science, Technology, and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), has contributed to the GTU's "Spiritual Care and Ethical Leadership in Our Times" series with his reflection on "The Conflict and Ethics of We're In this Together."  

October 23, 2019

Through a Techno-Mirror Darkly: Created Co-Creators, AI and Consciousness Uploading

CTNS Public Forum with Levi Checketts, Tuesday November 5th, 7pm

Dinner Boardroom, Graduate Theological Union Library, 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 

Free and open to the public.

In Technology and Human Becoming, Philip Hefner posits the idea of the “techno-mirror,” a reflection of human understanding of human nature through the technologies we create. Artificial Intelligence research, from its earliest days in the work of Alan Turing, has reflected this more appropriately than perhaps any other technology. The goal of “Good Old Fashion AI” researchers like Marvin Minsky was to create a...

September 12, 2019

Fall 2019 D'Arpino Essay Contest

Addressing the possibility that an accessible source of extraterrestrial intelligence knows that we are here on Earth, this contest asks you to answer the following questions: ​How can we on Earth access that extra-terrestrial source? ​ Is there a scientific way to empirically test and observe whether said extraterrestrial intelligence can be experienced by us? Can you propose a doable experiment that we can apply without causing harm to anyone? In your judgment, is there any connection between this extraterrestrial intelligence and the biblical God thought by Christians to be that...