Scott Hurd

Scott Hurd

Scott Hurd is vice president of leadership development at Catholic Charities USA and board chair of the Catholic Climate Covenant. He is author of five books, including Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach, and his writing has been published in multiple journals and magazines, including "Navigating Back: Stargazing and the Threat of AI" in Cleaver magazine. 

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Always on my mind? A Catholic approach to neurotechnology and mental privacy

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"? 

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Brave new transhuman world? Ethical questions to consider amid AI advances

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?

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Hope for an AI doomer: Laudato Si' responds to today's technology with promise

 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.  

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Hope for an AI doomer: Laudato Si' predicted today's technology threats

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'. 

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