What Does It Mean to Be Human in a World of AI and ChatGPT? - Sharon Dirckx & Alexander Fink

The capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continue to accelerate, seemingly at an alarming rate, in both efficiency and ability to mimic qualities and behaviours that were previously considered to be uniquely human. How do we navigate such developments? Is there anything unique about being human or are we merely neurochemical machines that one day will also exist in silicon form? This talk examines questions of human identity in the light of AI, philosophy and modern neuroscience.

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Sharon Dirckx is an independent speaker, author and broadcaster whose work focuses on responding to the spiritual questions that people ask today. Originally from a scientific background, she has a PhD in brain imaging from the University of Cambridge and has held research positions in the UK and USA. Today, Sharon speaks and lectures on topics such as science and theology, ‘mind and soul’, human identity and the problem of evil. She has also appeared on GB News and on several BBC programmes in the UK including Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday and Radio 4 Beyond Belief. Sharon is the author of an award-winning book on suffering, entitled "Why?: Looking at God, Evil and Personal Suffering" (2013), as well as a book on human consciousness and identity, entitled "Am I Just My Brain?" (2019). Sharon’s new book on natural disasters, entitled "Broken Planet," was released in February 2023.

Alexander Fink is Director of the Institute for Faith and Science (Institut für Glaube und Wissenschaft) in Marburg, Germany (www.iguw.de). He studied physics at Bayreuth and St. Andrews (UK) universities and received his PhD at the Institute for Biophysics at the University of Regensburg. After working as an industrial product manager, he became the director of the SMD graduates' ministry (Akademiker-SMD, the German branch of IFES) until 2014. Since 2008, he has been a member of the ELF Steering Committee and has co-led the Scientists Network. He is the editor of the "Begründet-glauben-Podcast" (www.begruendet-glauben.org) and has produced three documentary movies, "Fascinating Universe", "More than My Brain", and “Is there meaning in suffering?” which were officially recommended for use in secular public schools. Together with his wife, Alexander enjoys raising his two children, preaching and leading a house group in his local church, and being a youth soccer trainer in his local sports club.

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