Apocalyptic AI and the Rise of Robotics

Where religion meets robotics and artificial intelligence --
mind uploading, the Singularity, and intelligent machines
Dr. Robert M Geraci
 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Manhattan College
robert.geraci (at) manhattan.edu
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Investing in the future:

°   Take the survey on Second Life and religion!
°    Take the survey on World of Warcraft and religion!


This hour, now upon us:

°  Contemplating video games

°  Chronicling religion, science and technology

                                                                     

The mythical past:

(selected publications)

° Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. New York: Oxford University Press (2010).

° "Apocalyptic AI: Religion and the
Promise of Artificial Intelligence."
Journal of the American Academy
of Religion 76:1 (2008)

° "Cultural Prestige: Popular Science
Robotics as Religion-Science Hybrd."
Reconfigurations: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Religion in a Post-
Secular Society (2007)

°  "Robots and the Sacred in Science and Science Fiction:Theological Implications of Artificial Intelligence." Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 42: 4 (2007)