Comments on: Computer companions: Are they possible? http://www.greenflame.org/2008/02/18/computer-companions-are-they-possible/ Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the Antipodes. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stephen http://www.greenflame.org/2008/02/18/computer-companions-are-they-possible/#comment-4346 Stephen Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:40:13 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2008/02/18/computer-companions-are-they-possible/#comment-4346 I've updated the post to include a link to a radio interview with Boden from the weekend. Might be of interest. I read Herzfeld's book when it first came out - I quite liked bits of it, though I tended not to identify with her interpretation of the imago Dei. It's interesting to see how she's shifted somewhat since the book by picking up more functional models of that theological motif. For example, Herzfeld, Noreen. 2002. Creating in our own image: artificial intelligence and the image of God. <em>Zygon</em> 37 (2):303-316. ———. 2005. Co-creator or co-creator? The problem with artificial intelligence. In <em>Creative Creatures: Values and Ethical Issues in Theology, Science and Technology</em>, edited by U. Görman, W. B. Drees and H. Meisinger. London: T & T Clark. ———. 2005. Terminator or Super Mario: Human/Computer Hybrids, Actual and Virtual. <em>Dialog</em> 44 (4):347-353. ———. 2007. A new member of the family? The continuum of being, artificial intelligence, and the image of God. <em>Theology and Science</em> 5 (3):235-247. I’ve updated the post to include a link to a radio interview with Boden from the weekend. Might be of interest.

I read Herzfeld’s book when it first came out - I quite liked bits of it, though I tended not to identify with her interpretation of the imago Dei. It’s interesting to see how she’s shifted somewhat since the book by picking up more functional models of that theological motif. For example,

Herzfeld, Noreen. 2002. Creating in our own image: artificial intelligence and the image of God. Zygon 37 (2):303-316.
———. 2005. Co-creator or co-creator? The problem with artificial intelligence. In Creative Creatures: Values and Ethical Issues in Theology, Science and Technology, edited by U. Görman, W. B. Drees and H. Meisinger. London: T & T Clark.
———. 2005. Terminator or Super Mario: Human/Computer Hybrids, Actual and Virtual. Dialog 44 (4):347-353.
———. 2007. A new member of the family? The continuum of being, artificial intelligence, and the image of God. Theology and Science 5 (3):235-247.

]]> By: James McGrath http://www.greenflame.org/2008/02/18/computer-companions-are-they-possible/#comment-4324 James McGrath Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:50:17 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2008/02/18/computer-companions-are-they-possible/#comment-4324 Thanks for sharing this! I've just been reading <a href="http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/2008/02/quote-of-day-noreen-l-herzfeld.html" rel="nofollow">Noreen L. Herzfeld's</a> book <i>In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit</i> (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002), which touches on some of the same topics. Thanks for sharing this! I’ve just been reading Noreen L. Herzfeld’s book In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002), which touches on some of the same topics.

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