Catholic Social Thought in the Age of AI

Friends, during this week’s episode of the Word on Fire Show, Matthew Petrusek and I discuss the peril and promise of artificial intelligence in the context of Catholic social teaching.

In addition, a listener asks: How does one respond to “Science doesn’t care what you believe”?

00:00 | Introduction
01:45 | Episode 500!
02:51 | What is Catholic social thought?
03:59 | Pope Leo XIII and Catholic social thought
06:05 | The Catholic conception of human dignity
08:00 | How Catholics understand the common good
09:36 | Defining solidarity
11:39 | Understanding subsidiarity
13:45 | Factoring in the question of sin
17:19 | The significance of the name Leo XIV
18:08 | Examining the nature of artificial intelligence
23:23 | Humanity and the machine
29:09 | Limiting principles
31:35 | Virtual reality, avatars, and companions
35:38 | AI and the workforce
40:43 | AI and art
43:14 | Listener question: How does one respond to “science doesn’t care what you believe”?
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