A digital image of a human hand reaching towards a robotic hand, reminiscent of 'The Creation of Adam'. Photo: By Igor Omilaev on Unsplash.
Machine read: Barrie Mahoney on artificial intelligence
‘AI disrupts traditional categories.’
by Barrie Mahoney
17th January 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of life. This raises profound ethical, philosophical and spiritual questions. Quakers emphasise direct experience of the divine and seek ‘that of God’ in everyone, but AI poses a unique challenge: can this technology be understood or accepted as part of the sacred?
