The Virtuous Well: Religion, Culture, and the Depth of Artificial Intelligence
Visions of AI superintelligence and evolution from human to posthuman machines cast a shadow over current AI. Whether plausible or not, they circulate globally. Ethnographic and cross-cultural research promotes AI values by provincializing Western perspectives and putting them into conversation with...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Theology and science
Year: 2025, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 460-470 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBM Asia NCC Social ethics NCJ Ethics of science ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
AI ethics
B Apocalyptic AI B swadeshi B swaraj B Won Buddhism B superintelligence B Silicon Valley B Jeong |
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| Summary: | Visions of AI superintelligence and evolution from human to posthuman machines cast a shadow over current AI. Whether plausible or not, they circulate globally. Ethnographic and cross-cultural research promotes AI values by provincializing Western perspectives and putting them into conversation with non-Western views. Drawing on research in Korea and India, this paper argues that virtuous AI and AI-assisted virtue intertwine with the political project of justice in academic, industrial, and governmental discourse. Dreams of transcendence impact our deployment of AI; to guarantee human flourishing, we must build machines—and our understanding of them—with attention to global values and ethics. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2025.2514298 |
