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ShowsDon’t be afraid: The promise and the peril of AI in healthcare
This episode of Matters of Life and Death explores the rise of artificial intelligence in healthcare. While AI promises faster diagnoses and smarter tech, it also raises questions about the loss of human connection and compassionate care. How can Christian healthcare workers continue to embody Christlike presence as medicine becomes more machine-driven?
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ShowsShould AI be trusted with Moral decisions? | Cambridge & Oxford Philosophers Discuss
In this second part of our Premier Unbelievable? schools debate with Aylesbury Youth or Christ, host Andy Kind is joined once again by philosophers Dr Amna Whiston (Oxford University) and Dr Alex Carter (Cambridge University) to explore the ethical dilemmas raised by artificial intelligence.
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ShowsCan AI Create or Feel? Dr Amna Whiston & Dr Alex Carter debate Human vs Artificial Intelligence
What does it really mean to think, create, or feel? Are we losing our humanity in the age of AI - or discovering it anew? In this live schools debate with Aylesbury Youth For Christ, Premier Unbelievable? host Andy Kind is joined by Dr Amna Whiston (Oxford) and Dr Alex Carter (Cambridge) to explore the limits of artificial intelligence.
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ShowsAI scepticism and the end of creativity, with Caleb Woodbridge
In this episode, we discuss these ideas with Caleb Woodbridge, an editor and writer who recently published an intriguing manifesto on how to maintain our humanity in the age of AI.
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ShowsAI, Meaning & the Logos: John Lennox vs John Vervaeke on the Future of Faith and Humanity
What does it mean to be truly human in an age of artificial intelligence, declining religious belief, and rising spiritual hunger? Oxford mathematician and Christian apologist Professor John Lennox and cognitive scientist Dr John Vervaeke of the University of Toronto explore whether AI threatens or reveals our uniqueness, if meaning can exist without God, and whether spiritual transformation is possible in a post-religious age.
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ArticleArtificial Intelligence: The Beast We Build and the Words We Choose
As artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed, are we creating a servant, a master—or something far more dangerous? Erik Strandness explores how our quest to “build a better beast” reveals both human ambition and folly, raising urgent questions about language, ethics, and the spiritual risks of playing God in the digital age.
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #213 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis on science, AI & technology (Part 2)
Alister McGrath reflects on how Lewis’ ideas might speak into today’s rapidly advancing technologies.
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #212 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis on science, AI & technology (Part 1)
In this episode, Ruth Jackson speaks with Alister McGrath about Lewis’ views on science, technology, and ethics.
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ShowsWhat are chatbots doing to us? Personhood in an age of AI
AI-driven chatbots are becoming a major industry, with hundreds of millions of people spending hours every day talking to non-human personas. They can be friends, therapists, lovers, work colleagues or fantastical invented characters. Or even an uncanny replica of an actual loved one who has died.
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ShowsGod vs Science Debate with Peter Atkins and Keith Fox
Ruth Jackson returned to school to host this lively debate between Peter Atkins, renowned atheist and scientist, and Keith Fox, Christian biologist and theologian. In front of a live young audience, they explore one of the most profound questions: Is religion, just wishful thinking? Atkins and Fox tackle the big questions at the intersection of science, faith, and ethics, including: Are we just matter? Can science explain everything, or are there questions beyond its scope? Will further advancements in technology—like space exploration, genetic modification, and AI override any need or belief in God? From the accusation of “playing God” in genetic engineering to the nature of consciousness in artificial intelligence, this conversation challenges assumptions about what it means to be human and the role of faith in a scientific world.
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ShowsClassic Replay: Is AI Replacing Humanity? 🚨 The Future of AI vs. Humanity Unveiled! 🌍🤖 Anil Seth vs Nigel Crook
Could AI one day replace us? Join Nigel Crook, AI & Robotics expert and author of Rise of the Moral Machine, and Anil Seth, award-winning author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, as they explore the fascinating worlds of ChatGPT, robotics, and the future of AI. Together, they dive deep into the ethics, data, and the big questions AI presents for the human race. 💭🤯
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Shows#120 James Emery White: Is online church the way forward?
What are the dangers of online and how do we navigate them? How can we respond to AI? What is TikTok spirituality and why should we engage with it? How has the digital world impacted our relationships? Is online church just watching TV or is a hybrid model the only way forward? Dr James Emery White, author of Hybrid Church, explores questions around digital outreach and Church.
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ShowsMatters of Life & Death: Elections, the church and threats to democracy
In this episode we reflect on why Christians are so politically engaged in Britain, with research suggesting they are much more likely to vote, join a party, and campaign than the general public.
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ShowsMatters of Life & Death: Two is the loneliest number: Can AI friends stop us feeling alone?
Science fiction has long been fascinated by the idea of humans becoming friends with computers. And the dream of an always-on digital companion you can talk to day or night is closer than ever before, thanks to advances in AI software in recent years.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Why do humans try to play God? Nick Spencer vs Emily Qureshi Hurst hosted by Andy Kind
For too long, the ‘science and religion’ debate has fixated on creation, evolution, cosmology, miracles and quantum theory, and not enough on the essence of what it means to be human. But this is a mistake argues one of our guests today, Christian academic Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at Theos, in his new book ‘Playing God: science, religion and the future of humanity.’ Back on the show is Emily Qureshi-Hurst expert on the philosophy of time.
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ShowsMatters of Life & Death: Tech hype - Should Christians resist or lean into AI?
In this episode we talk through the anatomy of a tech hype bubble, looking at previous cases such as the internet, cryptocurrency and smartphones to figure out where AI might be on the ‘S-curve’ of tech adoption.
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ShowsUnapologetic #96 Jay Y Kim: Analogue presence in a digital world
Jay Y Kim shares his experience as a pastor in Silicon Valley. How is technology forming us? In what ways can we help young people live fruitfully in the digital space? How do we navigate AI? Are there any tips for finding rest in the midst of the busyness? In an era of misinformation, how do we decipher what is actually true?
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #146 That Hideous Strength: How do we resist evil?
In this final episode on The Space Trilogy, Alister McGrath finishes his discussion on That Hideous Strength, looking particularly at how evil emerges and how we stop technology, such as AI and nuclear weapons, getting out of control.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Why I believe in God: John Lennox interviewed by Amy Orr-Ewing
In a Premier Unbelievable special, celebrating his 80th birthday, the indomitable Christian apologist, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, and renowned ethicist, Dr. John Lennox, engages in a candid and unreserved interview with fellow apologist and Oxford-educated theologian, Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing.
