{"product_id":"religion-and-artificial-intelligence-an-introduction-paperback","title":"Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Singler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtificial intelligence (AI) is rarely out of the news or the public imagination. Images of red-eyed Terminators illustrate press accounts of incremental advances in medical diagnosis, facial recognition, natural language processing, and robotics. Such advances are transforming society through measurable impacts on people's decisions and opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e explores an emerging field with a religious studies approach, drawing on cultural and digital anthropological methods to demonstrate the entanglements of religion and AI, our imaginaries of these objects and our ideas about their utopian or dystopian futures. It addresses key topics, including the following: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat AI is and is not.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow religions are reacting to AI with examples of rejection, adoption, and adaptation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow established religions understand creation and place human-like AI within that.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow overtly secular and even 'new atheist' groups understand AI as a tool for liberation from human evolution and religion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReligious visions of superintelligent AI.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engaging book is essential for anyone considering the relationship between religion, science and technology, and interested in the questions raised by transhumanism, posthumanism, and new religious movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at http: \/\/www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under A creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Singler\u003c\/b\u003e is the Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s) at the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland; and co-lead of the MEEET-Lab at UZH, an Associate Professor at the Digital Society Initiative at UZH, a Fellow of the ISSR, and a member of the Human Augmentation Research Network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754856055072,"sku":"9781032187648","price":84.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46d112d3a16947ea9134d44042f9d381.webp?v=1780045103","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/religion-and-artificial-intelligence-an-introduction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}