Scott Hurd

 New technologies are making people feel overlooked. This has undermined social cohesion and created a "depersonalization crisis" in which workers feel unseen, leading to burnout and despair. 

Should we rejoice at the potential of emerging neurotechnologies? Or should we fear technologies that "shamelessly peer into every detail of (our) lives" as "a dark side of digital progress"? 

Advances in technology and AI raise fundamental questions: When do assistive technologies cross a line and become something else? What does this imply about human nature, human dignity and being created in God's image?

 Pope Francis' Laudato Si' offers a prophetic perspective on the "technocratic paradigm" and timely prescriptions on how to move forward, both for tech titans and ordinary tech users — and AI doomers like me.  

Vatican II insisted that the church shares our age's "griefs and anxieties." When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, I have plenty of both. I've been finding solace and encouragement in Laudato Si'.