Down the Wormhole / March 17, 2021 In part 10 of our Sinai and Synapses interview series, we are talking with Seth Villegas. He is a PhD student in constructive theology at Boston University. He focuses primarily on how technology affects religious and religious-like ideas. His current research examines transhumanist and other secular communities,… Continue reading Elevating the Discourse with Seth Villegas
INTELLIGENT AI robots are coming – and they will have the ability to perform religious ceremonies and could even turn against humans, experts have warned. The U.S. Sun / March 18, 2023 As AI becomes more prominent in our day to day lives, it wasn’t going to be long before the worlds of religion… Continue reading AI Gods & ChatGPT religions are coming – they will be better than human priests & they could turn evil, warns experts
STH researchers introduce high tech to a low-tech discipline BU Today / June 1, 2017 “I don’t even like computers,” Connor Wood confesses. So why is this postdoctoral fellow in religion studies so enthusiastic about the computer simulation displayed on his laptop, resembling the result of an explosion at a spaghetti factory and an… Continue reading What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion
