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Computer scientist Ray Kurzweil’s 2005 book The Singularity Is Near was a landmark in technological thought. In that book, Kurzweil summed up the progress of computer and other forms of technology in order to formulate a vision for the future of human beings in an increasingly... Read More →

  When the Vatican announced last month that Pope Francis would be the first Roman pontiff to address the G7 Summit—a meeting of the world’s leading national economic powers—I considered it a unique opportunity for the voice of the Church to be heard in the hearts, minds,... Read More →

  Based on the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the classic science fiction movie Blade Runner features robots so life-like they’re indistinguishable from human beings. Machines Like Me, a more recent work by Ian McEwan, confronts the same... Read More →

The existence of a human soul may be a contentious issue these days, but regardless of whether we each have one, a manufactured machine surely would not. –Wesley Smith AI Machines: Things, not Persons     Read More →