The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) coordinated three online conferences in the summer of 2023 as part of its new grant, “Virtuous AI?: Cultural Evolution, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtue”: A research program of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS). The conferences aimed to encourage participation by AI scientists and humanities scholars from a wide variety of religious and philosophical perspectives, cultural traditions, and geographic locations. More information can be found here:
Virtuous AI: Objectives
Virtuous AI: Core Questions
Virtuous AI: Conference Recordings - Berkeley
Virtuous AI: Conference Recordings - Seoul
Virtuous AI: Conference Recordings - Rome
The result of these successful conferences and collaborations will be published with the special issues of Theology and Science journal and edited book volumes.
As we are concluding the three-year research project, "Virtuous AI: Cultural Evolution, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtue,” funded by the Templeton Foundation, CTNS is planning an event to celebrate the end of the project on June 13, 3:00 - 5:30 pm Pacific Time (Hybrid event).
https://gtu.zoom.us/j/96494650776
From 3 - 4:15PM Pacific Time we will summarize the goals and outcomes of the grant, highlighting the conferences and the dozens of resulting publications. Participants, joining us online or in person, will also be given the chance to share their insights from the grant and how it affected their perspectives on AI. This will be followed by a reception from 4:15 - 5:30PM.
Everyone is welcome to join and celebrate the end of the grant with us.