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Essays for thinking slowly about AI and the human person.
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These are the best first reads if you’re new to the project: one on the claim of the Imago Dei, one on what AI asks of faith, one on the questions that endure, and one on what remains of us when the machines take the work.
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Pillar II — Imago HominisThe WhyA first question for an age of abundant intelligence: if we could know anything, what would actually be worth knowing?
Pillar III — Imago EthosThe LighthouseA folk song, an automated lighthouse, and the question of what remains when work no longer needs a human touch.
Pillar I — Imago DeiThe Image and the AlgorithmExploring how generative machines challenge, and ultimately clarify, our understanding of the Imago Dei.
Pillar II — Imago HominisThe Selfie and the SoulA reflection on identity, performance, and the soul in an age where the self is endlessly photographed and optimised.Recent reflections
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Identity & the Image of God
What the Imago Dei means when machines can think, create, and converse.
- The Image and the AlgorithmExploring how generative machines challenge, and ultimately clarify, our understanding of the Imago Dei.
- Theology of Artificial IntelligenceA clear foundation for thinking theologically about AI, the soul, work, knowledge, and the dignity of the made person.
- Clay to Code: The Evolution of Human IdentityFrom the potter’s hand to algorithmic shaping: what it means to be formed by love rather than data.
Ethics, Sin & Moral Agency
Who is responsible for what an AI system does — and can a machine truly sin?
Consciousness, Soul & Spirit
What awareness, prayer, and the soul can — and cannot — become in a machine.
- God and the Mystery of AIAugustine, mystery, and the limits of mastery in a world where technology keeps outrunning our explanations.
- Theology of Artificial IntelligenceA clear foundation for thinking theologically about AI, the soul, work, knowledge, and the dignity of the made person.
- Death and grieving in the AI ageOn grief bots, memory, the soul, and why love cannot be stored as a service in a data centre.
Work, Vocation & Purpose
What our labour is for when machines can outproduce us.
Relationships & Community
Whether presence, friendship, and pastoral care survive when the medium is a machine.
Faith & Theological Response
How faith traditions can meet this technology with hope rather than fear.
- Theology of Artificial IntelligenceA clear foundation for thinking theologically about AI, the soul, work, knowledge, and the dignity of the made person.
- God and the Mystery of AIAugustine, mystery, and the limits of mastery in a world where technology keeps outrunning our explanations.
- The LighthouseA folk song, an automated lighthouse, and the question of what remains when work no longer needs a human touch.
Meaning, Telos & the Human Journey
Where a life is going, and what it means to arrive.
- The WhyA first question for an age of abundant intelligence: if we could know anything, what would actually be worth knowing?
- When We Ask: AI and the Questions We Can't AnswerA meditation on prompts, prayer, and the questions that don’t merely demand answers, but demand us.
- AI and Our JourneysHomer, telos, and the difference between a life moving towards its end and a machine calculating the next reply.
- Clay to Code: The Evolution of Human IdentityFrom the potter’s hand to algorithmic shaping: what it means to be formed by love rather than data.
- Death and grieving in the AI ageOn grief bots, memory, the soul, and why love cannot be stored as a service in a data centre.