Harvard Data Science Review Podcast
Spiritual Enlightenment and AI Enhancement: Can They Align?
March 30, 202634 min · 4,959 words
Show notes
In this month’s episode of the Harvard Data Science Review Podcast, we explore a timeless yet increasingly urgent question: What does it mean to flourish as a human being in an age of artificial intelligence? We are joined by experts Noreen Herzfeld and Tyler VanderWeele, who together bring empirical, philosophical, and theological perspectives to a wide-ranging conversation on human well-being, relationships, and the role of technology in each.
Highlighted moments
I don't think we were at a place ever before where there were individuals genuinely pondering whether they might replace real relationships with artificial ones.
“weekly service attendance, is associated pretty strongly with a number of important health and well-being outcomes of 30% reductions in all-cause mortality over, say, 15 years, 30% reductions in depression, five-fold lower suicide rates, about 50% lower rates of divorce over time”
“It does seem to be the communal aspects of religious practice that most powerfully predict health and well-being and have stronger effects than other forms of community participation.”
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